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Barry Joseph

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in Mineola, The United States

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Barry Joseph is the Principal of Barry Joseph Consulting, a leader in innovating solutions for learning in a digital age. He is also the co-founder of the Games for Change Festival, the more than 20-year-old, multi-day event in New York City. As an early developer of after-school game design youth programming and now adjunct at New York University, Barry has been a national leader in both games-based learning and games for social impact, producing dozens of curriculums and games. Work and clients include the American Museum of Natural History, Girl Scouts of the USA, the RAND Corporation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the International Criminal Court. Barry has been featured by the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, CBS Morning N ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 105 ratings · 33 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Matching Minds with Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Broadway Legend 4.25 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Drink 3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friday is Tomorrow, or The Dayenu Year: Chronicles from the NYC Covid-19 Oral History, Narrative and Memory Archive 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Making Dinosaurs Dance: A Toolkit for Digital Design in Museums 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Seltzertopia on CBS News

I was thrilled when CBS News reported live from the Brooklyn Seltzer Museum and took a moment to highlight my book, described so beautifully my Kenny Gomberg (who is in it).

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once started I could not stop What an explosive page turner of an experience. Left me Gobsmacked. Picked it up on reputation and I fear it will stay with me for years.
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Barry Joseph liked MaryEllen Clark's review of Matching Minds with Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Broadway Legend: "This book is brilliant, full stop. I have been a Sondheim fanatic since I saw Sweeney Todd on Broadway in 1979 and every performance of every show that I could possibly see ever since. I've read probably close to all the biographies of Sondheim, and " Read more of this review »
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Barry Joseph liked Neil Koffler's review of Matching Minds with Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Broadway Legend: "Unlike his musical life (the "Hat Box" lyrics volumes total nearly 900 pages), Stephen Sondheim's life of puzzles and games had barely been explored. Barry Joseph's detailed and very well researched "Matching Minds with Sondheim" corrects that. Josep" Read more of this review »
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Barry Joseph liked Stan's review of Matching Minds with Sondheim: The Puzzles and Games of the Broadway Legend: "I took my son to a talk and book signing by this author at the Museum of the City of New York; the talk sparked his interest but he seemed more exalted by getting the autographed copy. A partial, sideways biography of Stephen Sondheim, through the len" Read more of this review »
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