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October 25, 2020 6:03 pm

The School for Wives: An All-Women Cast Goes #MeToo on Molière

★★★★☆ Tonya Pinkins has a high time under Lucie Tiberghien’s direction

October 22, 2020 2:00 pm

Death of a Salesman: Brian Dennehy is the Unforgettable Forgotten Man

★★★★★ Robert Falls directs Dennehy, Elizabeth Franz, and other stalwarts in Arthur Miller’s magnificent work

October 18, 2020 3:23 pm

Show Boat: Francesca Zambello’s Revival Goes Upstream and Down

★★★☆☆ The seminal Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical as inevitable as ol’ man river

September 20, 2020 5:00 pm

Jack Was Kind: A Confused Wife on Her Husband’s Public Indiscretion

★★★☆☆ Tracy Thorne writes and performs a potent monologue with one serious drawback

July 22, 2020 1:41 pm

The Weir: Conor McPherson’s Tense Bar Play in Viral Circumstances

★★★★☆ Ciarán O’Reilly’s Irish Rep stage version, rethought for home screens, with a first-rate cast

July 2, 2020 1:11 pm

And So We Come Forth: Nelson’s Apples Convene Under Zoom Stress

Jay O. Sanders, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, Sally Murphy, Stephen Kunken at their viral best

April 27, 2020 2:47 pm

Intermission Talk: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration

The beloved and respected songwriter is saluted by the brightest Broadway entertainers of today

March 31, 2020 4:29 pm

Intermission Talk: Bob Avian’s Fleet-Footed Show-Biz Memoir

The choreographer-director recalls his active career, including the Michael Bennett years

March 11, 2020 4:51 pm

Betty Buckley: Cabaret Artistry at Its Peak

★★★★★ Back in a small room, the Broadway diva is in new voice, adventurous, relaxed

March 10, 2020 9:01 pm

72 Miles to Go: Imperiled DACA Family Close Up

★★★★☆ Hilary Bettis handles a sensitive issue with understanding

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The Imaginary Invalid: Just What the Doctor Ordered

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Molière’s final play gets a lively, luxe-looking 90-minute adaptation by its star, Tony winner Bill Irwin

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★★★★☆ Bill Irwin stars in his own fresh adaptation of Moliere’s satirical look at the medical profession

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★★★★★ Crystal is at his comedic best proving a lifetime of memories are fireproof.

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