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Frank Scheck

February 6, 2024 6:57 pm

The Connector: Journalism Scandal Musical Feels Too Little, Too Late

★★★☆☆ Daisy Prince directs this new musical by Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman, based on a real-life story and featuring Scott Bakula, Ben Levi Ross, and Hannah Cruz.

January 9, 2024 9:55 pm

Prayer for the French Republic: Give Thanks for This Powerful Drama

★★★★★ Joshua Harmon’s superbly staged and acted drama arrives on Broadway after its heralded premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club.

December 18, 2023 9:53 pm

Appropriate: Check Your Expectations at the Door for This Brilliantly Subversive Family Drama

★★★★★ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s acclaimed play makes its Broadway debut in a revelatory staging.

December 16, 2023 11:36 am

Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch: I’ll Be Home for Christmas: Holiday Cheer Spiked with Wit

The veteran performers, who have been working together for twenty years, make their 54 Below debut with this holiday-themed show.

December 13, 2023 9:28 pm

Buena Vista Social Club: From Album to Screen to Triumphant Musical

★★★★☆ Marco Ramirez (“The Royale”) provides the book for this show featuring the music of legendary Cuban musicians.

December 5, 2023 8:59 pm

Manahatta: History Repeating Itself, Didactically

★★★☆☆ Mary Kathryn Nagle’s play parallels the past and present struggles of Native Americans.

November 30, 2023 9:00 pm

Spain: A history play that stays mainly in the plain.

★★☆☆☆ Jen Silverman’s comedy-drama revolves around the figures involved in the making of the landmark 1937 anti-fascist documentary “The Spanish Earth.”

November 19, 2023 9:26 pm

Hell’s Kitchen: A Musical Neighborhood Worth Visiting

★★★★☆ Featuring old and new songs by Alicia Keys, the musical is loosely based on the performer’s early life.

November 14, 2023 9:01 pm

Waiting for Godot: Beckett’s Classic Play Revived and, Spoiler Alert, He Still Doesn’t Arrive

★★★★☆ Michael Shannon and Paul Sparks deliver lived-in chemistry in this sturdy revival of the absurdist masterpiece.

November 2, 2023 8:54 pm

I Need That: A Play About Hoarding Not Cluttered by Nuance

★★★☆☆ Danny DeVito stars in Theresa Rebeck’s play about a compulsive hoarder, also featuring his daughter Lucy DeVito and Ray Anthony Thomas.

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By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Nick Westrate and James Udom play alpha and beta dogs in Classical Theatre of Harlem’s outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s drama

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By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ The new play by Jonathan Spector ("Eureka Day") depicts the reunions over two decades of a group of friends who met on a Birthright trip to Israel.

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