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November 4, 2021 8:56 pm

The Visitor: Good Intentions Don’t Always Pay Off, in Life or Musical Theater

★★★☆☆ David Hyde Pierce stars in this musical adaptation of the 2007 film, featuring a score by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey

November 3, 2021 8:55 pm

Morning Sun: Three Not So Tall Women

★★★☆☆ Edie Falco, Blair Brown, and Marin Ireland star in Simon Stephens’ time-shifting drama about three generations of women.

October 24, 2021 7:27 pm

Fairycakes: You’ll Be Desperate to Get Out of These Woods

★★☆☆☆ Douglas Carter Beane’s comedy, featuring a formidable cast, mashes up Shakespeare and fairy tales and does neither any favors.

October 17, 2021 8:49 pm

American Utopia: The Joyous Theatrical Concert We Still Need

★★★★★ The former frontman of the Talking Heads returns with his Tony Award-winning show of music and dance.

October 14, 2021 9:19 pm

The Lehman Trilogy: Sam Mendes’ landmark production makes a triumphant Broadway debut.

★★★★★ Adam Godley, Simon Russell Beale and Adrian Lester deliver stupendous performances in this brilliantly staged, decades-spanning theatrical saga.

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

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From Cambridge: Rhinoceros, Or Welcome to Zoo(dys)topia

By Bob Verini

★★★★★ John Turturro and Paul Giamatti topline a stunning cast in Diane Paulus’s revival, hilarious and horrifying by turns

The Winter’s Tale: Shakespeare’s Romance Right for Summer

By David Finkle

★★★★★ Daniel Sullivan directs with his standard skill, Raúl Esparza, Lily Rabe head superb cast

An American Daughter: Wendy Wasserstein’s Play Shows Its Age

By Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Jean Lichty plays the title role in this unevenly acted revival also featuring Montego Glover and Robert Sean Leonard

An American Daughter: Wendy Wasserstein Revival Falters

By David Finkle

★★☆☆☆ The swift-tongued playwright takes on a flawed powerful woman, Sarna Lapine directs

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

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Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

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★★★★☆ Classy musicalization of a psychosexual cinethriller uses human and technical legerdemain to spellbind

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★★★★★ Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and Christopher Abbott star in Joe Mantello's emotionally searing revival.

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