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Frank Scheck

February 9, 2023 9:53 pm

Pictures from Home: A Fuzzy Photograph-Themed Memory Play

★★★★☆ Nathan Lane, Zoe Wanamaker and Danny Burstein star in Sharr White’s dramedy based on Larry Sultan’s photo memoir.

January 25, 2023 6:58 pm

Without You: A Musical Memoir of Loss

★★★☆☆ Original “Rent” star Anthony Rapp delivers a musical evening based on his best-selling memoir.

January 23, 2023 8:30 pm

Colin Quinn Small Talk: Anything But

★★★★☆ The comedian’s latest solo show revolves around the idea that small talk is the glue that holds society together.

December 20, 2022 8:58 pm

The Collaboration: Warhol and Basquiat, a Bit on the Animatronic Side

★★★☆☆ Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope deliver riveting performances as the iconic artists in the latest historical drama by Anthony McCarten.

December 16, 2022 9:00 pm

Des Moines: Kitchen Sink Naturalism, Turned on Its Head

★★★★☆ A superb ensemble brings Denis Johnson’s strange, unsettling play to comic life.

December 11, 2022 9:52 pm

Some Like It Hot: Old-Fashioned Musical Comedy, to a Fault

★★★★☆ Christian Borle, J. Harrison Ghee, and Adrianna Hicks star in this new Broadway musical adaptation of Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 film comedy.

December 4, 2022 8:22 pm

A Beautiful Noise: Neil Diamond on the Couch

★★★☆☆ Will Swenson and Mark Jacoby play the younger and the older versions of the pop star recalling his life through his songs in this jukebox musical.

November 27, 2022 5:54 pm

KPOP: The Musical About the Korean Pop Music Phenomenon Doesn’t Translate Well to Broadway.

★★★☆☆ The acclaimed Off-Broadway production feels glossier but slighter in its new incarnation.

November 21, 2022 8:24 pm

A Christmas Carol: Jefferson Mays Plays Scrooge, and Everyone Else.

★★★★☆ Mays delivers a tour-de-force performance in this theatrically dazzling one-person version of Dickens’ holiday classic.

November 20, 2022 5:02 pm

Sandra: A Mystery Tale, Delivered in Storytelling Fashion

★★★☆☆ Marjan Neshat stars in David Cale’s one-person play about a woman who goes to Mexico in search of her missing friend.

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By Bob Verini

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