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October 15, 2025 9:01 pm

Let’s Love!: Sex, American Style

★★★☆☆ A top-flight ensemble including Aubrey Plaza and Nellie McKay appears in Ethan Coen’s trio of raunchy one-act comedies.

September 30, 2025 7:00 pm

Caroline: A Quiet Gem

★★★★☆ Chloe Grace Moretz plays the young mother of a trans child in Preston Max Allen’s affecting drama.

September 29, 2025 10:00 pm

Masquerade: Phantom of the Opera, Immersive Style

★★★★☆ Diane Paulus stages this immersive theater adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long-running musical.

September 29, 2025 9:30 pm

Punch: A Play That Speaks to Our Divided Times

★★★★☆ James Graham’s drama revolves around a fateful interaction that led to unexpected depths of healing and redemption

September 28, 2025 9:59 pm

Waiting for Godot: Beckett’s Tramps, Partying On

★★★☆☆ Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter star in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece

September 19, 2025 6:00 pm

Saturday Church: A Reverent Musical of the Flamboyant Kind

★★★☆☆ Tony winners J. Harrison Ghee and Joaquina Kalukango are among the ensemble of this musical adapted from the 2017 indie film, featuring music by pop star Sia.

September 16, 2025 10:00 pm

Art: A Comedy of Bad Manners

★★★★☆ Bobby Cannavale, James Corden and Neil Patrick Harris star in this revival of Yasmina Reza’s Tony Award-winning comedy

September 11, 2025 10:00 am

Color Theories: A Little Academia, a Lot of Absurdism

★★★★☆ Julio Torres, the creator of the acclaimed HBO series “Fantasmas,” delivers a comic riff on the emotional and symbolic aspects of color.

September 9, 2025 8:00 pm

House of McQueen: A Bio-Drama That Has the Feel of an Art Installation

★★★☆☆ “Bridgerton” star Luke Newton plays troubled fashion designer Alexander McQueen in this gorgeously staged but dramatically inert play

August 18, 2025 9:59 pm

Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride–An Overly Sentimental Comedic Journey

★★★☆☆ The comedian known as “The Roastmaster General” tells his life story in his confessional Broadway show.

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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

CRITICS' PICKS

Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan Will Be Your Bobby Darin From Now On

★★★★☆ Replacing Jonathan Groff, the Broadway veteran delivers a stellar turn in the musical that merits a repeat viewing.

The Saviors: What Would Jesus Do?

★★★★☆ Writer Bubba Weiler and director Jack Serio offer a tender drama of faith and friendship

Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Pure Theatrical Alchemy

★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star - Jennifer Nettles - serves up a killer new musical.

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

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

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

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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