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REDWOOD
Idina Menzel scales the heights in this somewhat wooden new musical
Recently Opened
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Melissa Errico at Birdland Theater: For Valentine’s Day, A Touch of Venus
Returning to the venue for her third holiday residency, the Broadway and cabaret veteran is in the mood for love
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Redwood: Idina Menzel Defies Gravity Again, in New Musical
★★★☆☆ The star of Wicked and Frozen returns to Broadway with this musical about a woman trying to escape her grief in a California forest
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Redwood: She Talks to the Trees! (No, Really)
★★☆☆☆ IMAX meets Broadway in a technologically impressive but dramatically wooden new musical
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Henry IV: Fathers and Sons and Falstaff in the Round
★★★☆☆ Jay O. Sanders and Dakin Matthews head TFANA’s versatile ensemble
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How Is It That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice: Len Jenkin Conjures a Love Story
★★★☆☆ Fred Weller and Kate Arrington portray soul mates in a poetic romance
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My First Ex-Husband: Divorce Comedian Style
★★☆☆☆ Joy Behar, Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh, and Adrienne C. Moore break down broken-down marriages in 90 lackluster minutes
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Urinetown: Encores Musical Minds Its Pees (& Cues)
★★★☆☆ New York City Center's Encores! series brings the 2001 musical back with a cast of Broadway and TV vets
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Urinetown: The Once-Startling Musical Handily Revived
★★★☆☆ Composer-lyricist Mark Hollman, book writer-lyricist Greg Kotis, director Teddy Bergman revitalize the unforgettable classic
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Hugh Jackman: From New York, With Love: A Triumphant, Career-Tapping Concert
The Broadway and film star does what he loves best in this months-long residency at the city's legendary theater.
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Gypsy: Everything’s Coming Up Audra
★★★★☆ New production of fabled masterwork lights the lights and hits the heights
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Eureka Day: Woke’s the Word in Jonathan Spector’s Timely Comedy
★★★★★ Bill Irwin, Jessica Hecht and company bring great distinction to the Broadway season
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Cult of Love: Leslye Headland Takes On, and Takes Down, Family and Religion
★★★★☆ Nothing says Christmas like squabbling siblings, screaming matches, and folk songs with four-part harmonies.
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Maybe Happy Ending: A Futuristic Love Story With Old-Fashioned Heart
★★★★☆ This sweet but never saccharine robot romcom is the musical boost we all need
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Oh, Mary!: Lincoln, Drinkin’ and Todd
★★★★☆ Cole Escola writes and stars in a Bizarro World version of Honest Abe's spouse as cabaret diva
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Six: Long Live the Queens
★★★★★ Henry VIII’s wives get the royal treatment in this 80-minute musical celebration of girl power
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical!: A Dazzling Exercise in Excess
★★★★★ Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit belt out chart-topping hits in the lavish screen-to-stage salute to “truth, beauty, freedom, and love”