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June 4, 2024 9:00 pm

Breaking the Story: War is Hell, and So is Remembering It

★★★☆☆ Maggie Siff plays a former war correspondent suffering from PTSD in Alexis Scheer’s play receiving its world premiere at Second Stage.

May 14, 2024 7:26 pm

All of Me: A Technologically Assisted Rom-Com

★★★★☆ Laura Winters’ play depicts the charming courtship between two disabled characters who use text-to-speech technology to communicate.

May 13, 2024 8:56 pm

Laura Benanti, Nobody Cares: A Virtuosic Evening of Comedic Embarrassment

★★★★☆ The veteran Broadway performer delivers an evening of self-deprecating humor and original musical material.

April 25, 2024 9:24 pm

Mother Play: A Memory Play, Plus Cockroaches

★★★☆☆ Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Jim Parsons star in the world premiere of Paula Vogel’s comedy-drama depicting the lives of a mother and her two children over the course of decades.

April 23, 2024 8:56 pm

Mary Jane: Rachel McAdams, Suffering with a Smile

★★★★☆ The movie star makes her Broadway debut in Amy Herzog’s award-winning drama about a mother caring for a seriously ill child.

April 22, 2024 5:25 pm

Patriots: Russian History Rendered with Shakespearean Theatricality

★★★★☆ Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen star in Peter Morgan’s drama about the war of wills between a Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin.

April 21, 2024 9:24 pm

Cabaret: Come for the Pre-Show, and Oh, There’s Also the Musical

★★★★☆ Eddie Redmayne plays the Emcee in this Broadway transfer of the heralded, immersive London production.

April 18, 2024 9:00 pm

Still: Love in the Age of Polarization

★★★★☆ Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson play former lovers whose reunion after many years soon turns fraught in Lia Romeo’s intimate comedy-drama.

April 11, 2024 8:54 pm

The Outsiders: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!

★★★☆☆ The classic YA novel, previously made into a hit 1983 film, has been unconvincingly adapted as a Broadway musical.

March 30, 2024 11:30 am

Andrea McArdle: The Broadway Baby Returns to Familiar Environs

The “Annie” star revisits highlights of her career in her 54 Below show.

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By David Finkle

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