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October 13, 2021 8:19 pm

Thoughts of a Colored Man: The Debut of an Important New Dramatic Voice

★★★★☆ Keenan Scott II’s poetic drama resonates with urgency and heart.

October 10, 2021 8:49 pm

Chicken & Biscuits: Funeral Plus Family Dysfunction Adds Up to Familiar

★★☆☆☆ Theatrical comfort food delivering a few laughs but empty calories.

October 7, 2021 8:50 pm

LACKAWANNA BLUES: RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON’S ACCLAIMED SOLO PLAY MAKES ITS BROADWAY DEBUT

★★★★☆ Previously adapted into an HBO film, the play returns to the form that suits it best, with its original writer/star.

August 22, 2021 5:50 pm

Pass Over: A Play That Speaks to Our Times

★★★★☆ Beckett meets Black Lives Matter in Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s racially charged absurdist drama.

July 2, 2021 1:40 pm

Enemy of the People: Ann Dowd in Reimagined, Interactive Ibsen

★★★☆☆ Ann Dowd plays the gender-altered lead role in Robert Icke’s interactive reimagining of Ibsen’s classic

June 29, 2021 10:20 pm

SEVEN DEADLY SINS: LIVE THEATER BEHIND GLASS

★★★☆☆ Moisés Kaufman directs seven vice-inspired one-acts, cleverly staged on the streets of the Meatpacking District

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Othello: Free As the Open Air

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

Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

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

Birthright: Political and Personal Issues Intersect to Powerful Effect

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.

A Walk on the Moon: A Musical Tribute to Enduring Marriage Vows

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 film, Annmarie Milazzo adds the tuneful score

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women of Birthright

Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

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

Dad Don’t Read This: 16 Going On Angst 

★★★★☆ Amalia Yoo and friends brighten the stage with Eliya Smith’s intriguing teen talk

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

Well, I’ll Let You Go: Coping with Grief, Magnificently

★★★★★ Quincy Tyler Bernstine gives a whirlwind performance in a stunning new play by Bubba Weiler

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone: Revival of Wilson’s Drama About “Finding Your Song” Mostly Sings

★★★★☆ Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson star in Debbie Allen's revival of August Wilson's modern classic.

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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