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David Finkle

About David Finkle

David Finkle is a freelance journalist specializing in the arts and politics. He has reviewed theater for several decades, for publications including The Village Voice and Theatermania.com, where for 12 years he was chief drama critic. He is also currently chief drama critic at The Clyde Fitch Report. For an archive of older reviews, go here. Email: david@nystagereview.com.

May 20, 2025 7:21 pm

Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Keep this Musical’s Lights Shut Off

★★☆☆☆ Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor, who directs, concoct the beloved singer’s historic tv series not well

May 18, 2025 8:00 pm

Bus Stop: William Inge’s Tony-Nominated Work on a Loving Return Trip

★★★★☆ Jack Cummings III directs the insightful comical, dramatic work about made and missed connections, with grade-A cast

May 8, 2025 8:00 pm

The Black Wolfe Tone: Kwaku Fortune’s Forceful Semi-Autographical Solo Click

★★★★☆ The actor, new to the Manhattan Stage, makes himself known, as does director Nicola Murphy Dubey

April 22, 2025 11:59 pm

Stranger Things—The First Shadow: Stage Version of Series Maybe Not Strange Enough

★★★☆☆ The Duffer Brothers go Broadway, Kate Trefry scripts, Stephen Daldry directs, Louis McCartney leads hard-working cast

April 16, 2025 9:59 pm

Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp.: What If Caryl Churchill Returns at Her Near Best

★★★☆☆ The often enigmatic playwright unfurls four one-acts, James MacDonald directing, Deirdre O’Connoll, others acting nicely

April 15, 2025 8:00 pm

All the World’s a Stage: Small Town Musical Grippingly Staged

★★★★☆ Adam Gwon’s new musical is a pleasure, aided by cast and director Jonathan Silverstein

April 13, 2025 1:53 pm

The Swamp Dwellers: Wole Soyinka’s Significant Early Play

★★★★☆ The 1986 Nobel Prize-winner looks closely at Nigeria’s swamp area, with Awoye Timpo directing

April 9, 2025 10:00 am

Becoming Eve: Transcendent Trans Father-Son, Father-Daughter Play

★★★★☆ Tommy Dorfman is the transitioning Chava in Emil Weinstein’s adaptation of Abby Chava Stein’s memoir

April 8, 2025 9:01 pm

Sondheim’s Old Friends: Something Great Has Come, No Maybe About It

★★★★★ Stephen Sondheim’s brilliance celebrated by Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Matthew Bourne, other swells

April 4, 2025 9:59 am

The Cherry Orchard: Anton Chekhov Gets an Unforgiving Axe

★☆☆☆☆ Adapter-director Benedict Andrews offers a questionable new take on the classic

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