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Elysa Gardner

February 1, 2022 8:52 pm

Prayer for the French Republic: Old Hatred and Enduring Hope

★★★★★ Joshua Harmon’s latest play movingly, fearlessly explores anti-Semitism, past and present

January 23, 2022 3:00 pm

The Hang: Prepare Ye the Way of Socrates

Taylor Mac (center) and the company of The Hang. Photo: Maria Baranova

★★★★☆ Taylor Mac’s latest work is a jazz-infused opera tracing the trial and death of philosophy’s founding father

January 20, 2022 8:00 pm

Whisper House: Not-So-Blithe Spirits

★★★☆☆ Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow’s ghost story finally arrives in New York

December 13, 2021 9:51 pm

Flying Over Sunset: A Long, Strange, Beautiful Trip

★★★★☆ A new musical by James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie finds icons bonding, with a little help from LSD

December 9, 2021 8:50 pm

Company: That Invincible Bunch, Reconsidered

★★★★☆ Marianne Elliott’s acclaimed modern spin on the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth classic arrives in New York

November 18, 2021 8:52 pm

Trouble in Mind: A Delayed Debut, Still Fresh and Troubling

★★★★☆ Alice Childress’s biting play-within-a-play finally arrives on Broadway, more than sixty years after its premiere

November 17, 2021 7:22 pm

Diana, the Musical: The Princess and the Peepers

★★☆☆☆ A new musical offers a peek at the late Princess of Wales, and a lot of costume changes

November 10, 2021 9:39 pm

Trevor: A Boy and His Diva

★★★★☆ The Oscar-winning short film becomes a buoyant musical, in which Diana Ross looms large

October 27, 2021 8:50 pm

Caroline, or Change: Of Despair and Hope, and Singing Washing Machines

★★★★☆ A London-based revival showcases the emotional range of the Tony Kushner/Jeanine Tesori musical

October 15, 2021 11:00 am

The Fever: Wallace Shawn Wags His Finger, Again

★★★☆☆ Lili Taylor plays Shawn’s tortured traveler in a revival of the Obie Award-winning play

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