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David Finkle

November 2, 2023 7:28 pm

Sabbath’s Theater: Philip Roth’s Ribald Novel Now Stage Struck

★★★☆☆ Ariel Levy, John Turturro adapt, Turturro acts with Elizabeth Marvel, Jason Kravitz, Jo Bonney directs

October 31, 2023 6:00 pm

Merry Me: Lesbian Sex Comedy Not That Sexy, Not That Comic

★★☆☆☆ Hansol Jung writes, Leigh Silverman directs, seven actors have a go at doing their stuff

October 30, 2023 8:56 pm

I Can Get It for You Wholesale: Musical Revival Worth Paying Retail For

★★★★☆ Harold Rome-Jerome Weidman novel adaptation, retooled by John Weidman, Trip Cullman directing

October 27, 2023 9:00 pm

Artificial Flavors: AI-Generated Improv Musical Gobbles Like a Turkey

★★☆☆☆ Civilians Artistic Director Steve Cosson and six-member cast perform a tech creation that falls short of actual entertainment

October 23, 2023 9:00 pm

Daphne: Woman Turns Into Tree, in This Wooden Drama

★★☆☆☆ Playwright Renae Simone Jarrett has something in mind she doesn’t satisfyingly transmit

October 9, 2023 1:44 pm

DruidO’Casey: The Master Irish Playwright’s Trilogy, Not Quite Mastered

★★★★☆ Director Garry Hynes, 18-member cast succeed with the classic trilogy’s themes.

October 3, 2023 8:55 pm

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding: Harlem Braids May Not Be Tight Enough

★★★☆☆ Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy with belated pathos is well played and well directed by Whitney White

September 28, 2023 8:56 pm

Melissa Etheridge–My Window: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Icon Tells All, Sells All

★★★★☆ An onstage musical memoir, co-written with Linda Wallem Etheridge, Amy Tinkham directs

September 22, 2023 9:30 pm

Mary Gets Hers: A Spotty Spoof on 10th Century Religious Play

★★☆☆☆ Emma Horwitz writes, Josiah Davis directs, and five-member cast strives, to little avail

September 19, 2023 9:00 pm

Prometheus Firebringer: AI Questions Not So Easily Answered

★★★☆☆ Annie Dorsen reads a lecture on a current fire-hot topic along with imagined Aeschylus tragedy

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