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Elysa Gardner

April 4, 2019 7:56 pm

King Lear: A Role Fit for A Commander

Jayne Houdyshell, left, and Glenda Jackson in King Lear. Photo: Brigitte Lacombe

★★★★☆ Glenda Jackson makes another welcome return, leading a supple cast in Shakespeare’s tragedy

April 2, 2019 7:01 pm

Do You Feel Anger?: Nasty Boys, and the Women Who Endure Them

Tiffany Villarin, left, and Megan Hill in Do You Feel Anger? Photo: Carol Rosegg.

★★☆☆☆ Young playwright Mara Nelson-Greenberg offers an absurdist, simplistic look at sexism in the workplace

March 28, 2019 1:50 pm

The Lehman Trilogy: An American Dream, and Tragedy, Majestically Recalled

Left to right: Simon Russell Beale, Ben Miles and Adam Godley in The Lehman Trilogy. Photo: Stephanie Berger.

★★★★★ Sam Mendes’s stunning production of Stefano Massini’s rise-and-fall epic arrives in New York

March 21, 2019 9:34 pm

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, with Hits and Misses

From left, Ephraim Sykes, Jawan M. Jackson, Jeremy Pope, Derrick Baskin and James Harkness in Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. Photo: Matthew Murphy.

★★★☆☆ Broadway’s latest jukebox musical mixes timeless music, exuberantly performed, with time-worn platitudes

March 19, 2019 8:45 pm

Juno and the Paycock: O’Casey’s Heroine and Her Strutting Foil Return, Gloriously

★★★★★ Maryann Plunkett and Ciarán O’Reilly lead a first-rate ensemble in a searing revival of the “Dublin Trilogy” entry

March 11, 2019 9:59 pm

The Mother: Female Trouble, in Midlife

★★☆☆☆ A radiant Isabelle Huppert tries to breathe life into Florian Zeller’s account of a woman’s isolation

February 26, 2019 8:51 pm

Alice By Heart: Lost Youth in a Bittersweet Wonderland

Molly Gordon, left, and Colton Ryan in Alice By Heart. Photo: Deen van Meer.

★★★★★ The creators of Spring Awakening draw inspiration from Lewis Carroll, with luminous results

February 24, 2019 7:01 pm

Hurricane Diane: Staging an Agro-Revolution, in the Jersey Suburbs

Becca Blackwell in Hurricane Diane. Photo: Joan Marcus.

★★★★☆ Madeleine George’s funny, thought-provoking new play finds a Greek god returning as a gender-bending gardener

February 19, 2019 8:45 pm

Merrily We Roll Along: Opening Doors, Again

From left: Manu Narayan, Jessie Austrian and Ben Steinfeld in Merrily We Roll Along. Photo: Joan Marcus.

★★★★☆ Fiasco Theater and Roundabout Theatre Company offer another compelling take on a challenging Sondheim musical

February 12, 2019 8:59 pm

Freestyle Love Supreme: Going with the Flow

★★★★☆ A hip-hop improv group co-founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda makes an exuberant return

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Paranormal Activity: Cheap But Potent Thrills

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Things go scarily bump in the night in the new stage thriller based on the hugely successful horror film franchise

Paranormal Activity: Nightmare Entertainment

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ A supernatural story of possession packs a suspenseful two hours

The Real Ivanov: Diary of a Loser

By Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Sam Underwood plays a woeful hero in a new version of Chekhov’s first drama

From Cambridge: Rhinoceros, Or Welcome to Zoo(dys)topia

By Bob Verini

★★★★★ John Turturro and Paul Giamatti topline a stunning cast in Diane Paulus’s revival, hilarious and horrifying by turns

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Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan Will Be Your Bobby Darin From Now On

★★★★☆ Replacing Jonathan Groff, the Broadway veteran delivers a stellar turn in the musical that merits a repeat viewing.

The Saviors: What Would Jesus Do?

★★★★☆ Writer Bubba Weiler and director Jack Serio offer a tender drama of faith and friendship

Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Pure Theatrical Alchemy

★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star - Jennifer Nettles - serves up a killer new musical.

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

★★★★☆ Politics underscore but don’t overpower the character-driven epic from Jonathan Spector

Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

From Cambridge, MA: Black Swan, Tu-Tu Thrilling

★★★★☆ Classy musicalization of a psychosexual cinethriller uses human and technical legerdemain to spellbind

Death of a Salesman: More Relevant Than Ever

★★★★★ Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and Christopher Abbott star in Joe Mantello's emotionally searing revival.

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