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ILLINOISE
Justin Peck sends the Sufjan Stevens album
spinning across the St. James stage
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Staff Meal: Chef’s Kiss for a Kooky Pastiche
★★★☆☆ Absurdism triumphs in this crazy combo meal of modern dating mores plus culinary pretention.
Jordans: Important Racism Drama Awkwardly Handled
★★★☆☆ Ife Olujobi takes on national Black-white dilemma, Whitney White directing highly adept cast
Illinoise: Lots of Good Noise To Dance To
★★★★☆ Choreographer Justin Peck presents a stage adaptation of Sufjan Stevens’ boffo album with total finesse
Illinoise: Sufjan Stevens’ Popular ‘Illinois’ Sung and Danced to Some Effect
★★★☆☆ Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury adapt, Peck directs and choreographs a game singing and dancing troupe
The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald’s Roaring ’20s Classic Musicalized as a Loud Whimper
★★☆☆☆ Bookwriter Kait Kerrigan, composer Jason Howard, lyricist Nathan Tyson director Marc Bruni caught with their talents down
The Great Gatsby: All That Glitters, But Short on Depth
★★★☆☆ All the fixings – including some snazzy sets and standout stars – don't suffice to hoist this musical into the top rank.
Mother Play: Evicting Not-So-Dear Old Mom, with Martinis
★★★★☆ Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jessica Lange, and Jim Parsons star as Paula Vogel's struggling family
Mother Play: A Memory Play, Plus Cockroaches
★★★☆☆ Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Jim Parsons star in the world premiere of Paula Vogel's comedy-drama depicting the lives of a mother and her two children over the course of decades.
Critics’ Picks
Mother Play: Evicting Not-So-Dear Old Mom, with Martinis
★★★★☆ Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jessica Lange, and Jim Parsons star as Paula Vogel's struggling family
Mary Jane: Rachel McAdams, Suffering with a Smile
★★★★☆ The movie star makes her Broadway debut in Amy Herzog's award-winning drama about a mother caring for a seriously ill child.
Stereophonic: We’re With the Band
★★★★★ David Adjmi and Will Butler’s studio-set play moves to Broadway with a cast in perfect harmony and every note intact
Suffs: Shaina Taub Wins By a Landslide
★★★★★ Nikki M. James, Grace McLean, Jenn Colella, Emily Skinner, and an exceptional cast spark this new musical about the battle for equal voting rights in America, circa 1915
Philadelphia, Here I Come!: The Brian Friel Classic Returns In Grand Fashion
★★★★★ The Tony-nominated best play is revived in a Broadway calibre production at the Irish Rep
An Enemy of the People: Ibsen’s Cautionary Tale As Timely As Ever, 142 Years On
★★★★☆ Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli square off in a battle of right vs. wrong, science vs. politics, and brother vs. brother
Doubt: The Debate Rages On
★★★★☆ Two decades later, John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play inspires as much conversation as ever
Oh, Mary!: Cole Escola As The Ludicrously Marvelous Mrs. Lincoln
★★★★☆ Uproarious farce sheds new light on the War Between the States, or at least the War Between the Lincolns