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July 19, 2023 6:05 am

Orpheus Descending: Tennessee Williams Revival Doesn’t Bring the Heat

★★★☆☆ Maggie Siff and Pico Alexander play the doomed lovers in this revival of Williams’ problematic drama.

June 26, 2023 8:55 pm

Just for Us: A Comedy Show for Everybody

★★★★☆ Comedian Alex Edelman delivers a hilarious monologue about his attending a meeting of white supremacists.

June 22, 2023 8:55 pm

Once Upon a One More Time: What, You’re Tired of Fairy Tale Musicals?

★★★☆☆ The songs of pop star Britney Spears fuel this latest campy musical exercise in fairy tale revisionism.

June 21, 2023 9:59 pm

Rock & Roll Man: Cruise Ship Entertainment, Minus the Seasickness

★★★☆☆ Constantine Maroulis plays legendary disc jockey Alan Freed in this jukebox musical, also featuring Joe Pantoliano.

June 20, 2023 9:00 pm

Eisenhower, This Piece of Ground: Doing Justice to the 34th President

★★★★☆ John Rubinstein delivers a compelling turn in this solo biographical drama.

June 15, 2023 9:59 am

The Doctor: Great Theatrical Medicine, Doesn’t Always Go Down Easy

★★★★☆ Juliet Stevenson plays the title role in Robert Ickes’ freewheeling adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 play “Professor Bernhardi.”

June 14, 2023 9:00 pm

A Simulacrum: Not So Magical

★★★☆☆ Illusionist Steve Cuiffo collaborates with playwright Lucas Hnath for this one-man show deconstructing magic.

June 5, 2023 8:54 pm

Days of Wine and Roses: More Sober Than Intoxicating

★★★☆☆ Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James star in Adam Guettel’s musical based on the classic 1962 film.

June 1, 2023 8:16 pm

Grey House: Bleak Doesn’t Begin to Describe it

★★★☆☆ Laurie Metcalf, Tatiana Maslany, Paul Sparks, and Sophia Ann Caruso appear in Levi Holloway’s thriller about a couple who become stranded in a remote cabin populated by a strange family.

May 25, 2023 9:29 pm

Primary Trust: You’ve Got a Friend

★★★★☆ William Jackson Harper stars in Eboni Booth’s play about an emotionally fragile man trying to survive a past trauma.

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Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Extremely Smart in Smart Jamie Wax Character Study

By David Finkle

★★★★☆ Sarna Lapine directs the six-time Emmy winner soloing as a talented but oppressed trailer-park housewife

Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Shines in a Dark New Play

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