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October 18, 2018 9:44 pm

The Lifespan of a Fact: Seeking Accuracy, With Dramatic License

★★★☆☆ Daniel Radcliffe and Bobby Cannavale bring their best to a true-ish script about a battle over truth

September 30, 2018 8:30 pm

What the Constitution Means to Me: Trying to Figure That Out, Wonderfully

★★★★☆ Heidi Schreck’s entertaining, earnest exploration of our fundamental rights is a tonic for our challenging times

September 27, 2018 9:29 pm

The Nap: No Farce Please, We’re British

The cast of The Nap at the World Snooker Championship finals. Photo: Joan Marcux

★★☆☆☆ The latest from ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ playwright Richard Bean doesn’t quite make the jump from northern England

September 17, 2018 7:59 pm

The Lion King: Another Ride on the Circle of Life

★★★☆☆ Long-Run Lookback: The Disney warhorse still looks spectacular, even if it’s not entirely engaging

September 13, 2018 7:29 pm

The Phantom of the Opera: The Music of the Night Plays On (and On)

Ali Ewoldt and Ben Crawford in The Phantom of the Opera. Photo: Matthew Murphy

★★★★☆ Long-Run Lookback: The Andrew Lloyd Webber classic keeps dropping chandeliers, three decades later

August 13, 2018 9:35 pm

Gettin’ the Band Back Together: Down the Shore, Everything’s All Right

Kelli Barrett and Mitchell Jarvis in Getting the Band Back Together. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★☆☆ The stupid, feel-good Parkway-exit musical is Jersey in a nutshell: a messy good time

July 16, 2018 9:42 pm

Fire in Dreamland: A Coney Island Cyclone, With Thrills and Twists

Rebecca Naomi Jones and Enver Gjokaj in Fire in Dreamland. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★★☆ Rinne Groff’s meditation on dreams and reality, devastation and redemption, packs a lot into a short ride

June 26, 2018 10:01 am

The Royal Family of Broadway: Aiming for Times Square, Stalled in Pittsfield

Harriet Harris, at center, and the company of The Royal Family of Broadway. Photo: Daniel Rader

★★★☆☆ William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s take on the Ferber-Kaufman warhorse sharpens the 1920s satire, but not enough

June 25, 2018 10:04 pm

Log Cabin: The ‘Gay Takeover’ Is Complete, So Now What?

Cindy Cheung, Dolly Wells, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Phillip James Brannon in Log Cabin. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★☆☆ Jordan Harrison’s latest, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, considers just about every issue in modern gay life, with some success

June 20, 2018 9:30 pm

Teenage Dick: Discontent, Made Glorious

Shannon DeVido and Gregg Mozgala in Teenage Dick. Photo: Carol Rosegg

★★★★☆ A Richard III update that takes on high school, disabilities, and lot of excellent wordplay

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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

From Massachusetts: The Zionists, A Family Storm (And The World’s)

By Bob Verini

★★★☆☆ Amidst a hurricane, a Jewish family hashes out Israel and Palestine, solving little but revealing plenty

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Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

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