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Frank Scheck

November 7, 2024 9:27 pm

Walden: Sibling Rivalry as the World Burns

★★★☆☆ Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters play sisters torn apart by their life choices in Amy Berryman’s climate change-themed drama set in the “not-so-distant” future.

October 23, 2024 8:27 pm

Left on Tenth: Romantic Comedy Takes a Wrong Turn

★★★☆☆ Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher star in Delia Ephron’s new play about a late-in-life romance.

October 20, 2024 9:57 pm

Sunset Blvd.: Take a Walk on the Stylized Side

★★★☆☆ Director Jamie Lloyd puts his typically idiosyncratic stamp on this radically stylized revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1993 musical.

October 10, 2024 6:20 pm

Woof!: Hannah Gadsby’s Hilarious New Show About Not-So-Big Questions

★★★★☆ The Australian comedian seems looser and funnier in this latest outing

September 30, 2024 8:58 pm

McNeal: Robert Downey Jr. Brings Real Star Power to a Sometimes Artificial-Feeling Play

★★★★☆ The Oscar-winning actor makes his stage debut in Ayad Akhtar’s new drama about an emotionally troubled novelist

September 22, 2024 8:58 pm

The Beacon: Irish Drama Sheds More Heat Than Light

★★★☆☆ Kate Mulgrew plays a renowned artist who may have murdered her husband in Nancy Harris’ drama being given its North American premiere by the Irish Repertory Theatre

September 12, 2024 8:55 pm

The Roommate: Boulevard comedy, sitcom-style

★★★☆☆ Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone star in Jen Silverman’s play about two women from very different worlds.

August 1, 2024 10:00 pm

Life and Trust: A Spectacular if Diffuse Immersive Show from Emursive

★★★☆☆ This new site-specific show from the creators of “Sleep No More” is even more lavish in its conception.

July 30, 2024 9:26 pm

Job: Therapy Can Be Dangerous

★★★☆☆ Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon play a therapist and his possibly dangerous new patient in Max Wolf Friedlich’s play, newly transferred to Broadway.

June 27, 2024 9:29 pm

N/A: Politics Writ Personal

★★★★☆ Holland Taylor and Ana Villafane star in this new play, directed by Diane Paulus, about Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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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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