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Melissa Rose Bernardo

September 21, 2022 6:45 pm

Burn: Alan Cumming Goes Into His Dance

Burn Photo by Tommy Ga Ken Wan

★★★☆☆ The Tony-winning actor intrigues as Scottish poet Robert Burns in a solo dance show

September 7, 2022 8:00 pm

Kate: Comedian-Actor-Shapeshifter Kate Berlant Does It All

★★★★☆ A 70-minute one-woman show goes beyond the standard stand-up comic style

August 30, 2022 9:55 pm

As You Like It: A Pastoral Musical Comedy Delight

As You Like It ensemble

★★★★★ Journey into the Forest of Arden with this bright and breezy Public Works production

August 29, 2022 7:01 pm

Two Jews, Talking: Two TV Stars, Two One-Act Plays, Too Few Laughs

Two Jews Talking

★★★☆☆ 1970s TV fans will relish the chance to see Hal Linden and Bernie Kopell together, even in a clichéd comedy

July 21, 2022 8:56 pm

The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini’s Literary Sensation Beguiles Broadway

Kite Runner wedding scene

★★★★☆ The stage version of the 2003 novel proves to be the theatrical equivalent of a page turner  

July 20, 2022 10:55 pm

Seagull: Did You Hear the One About the Writer?

Seagull Elevator Repair Service Photo Ian Douglas

★★★☆☆ Chekhov’s tale of avian metaphors and unrequited loves gets the experimental Elevator Repair Service treatment

June 23, 2022 7:00 pm

Chains: Brit Playwright Elizabeth Baker, in Mint Condition

McHardy Beck Whitted Townsend in Chains

★★★★☆ A 113-year-old British drama proves to be an ideal pandemic-era production

June 22, 2022 9:30 pm

Corsicana: Will Arbery in a Lone Star State of Mind

Jamie Brewer in Corsicana

★★★☆☆ Everything’s bigger in Texas, including this protracted four-character play

May 26, 2022 10:00 pm

Fat Ham: A Nontragic Take on Shakespeare’s Most Popular Tragedy

Marcel Spears in Fat Ham

★★★★★ Newly minted Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames turns the revenge play on its proverbial ear

May 10, 2022 8:00 pm

Which Way to the Stage: A Witty Love Letter to the Theater

Which Way to the Stage

★★★★☆ Diva worship, drag queens, and Sondheim duets collide in Ana Nogueira’s stagestruck comedy

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