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Melissa Rose Bernardo

January 20, 2020 12:32 pm

Timon of Athens: From Riches to Rags, With a Twist

TFANA Timon

★★★★☆ Shakespeare’s rarely produced tale of a big-hearted spendthrift gets a powerful production with a first-rate female Timon

January 15, 2020 9:41 pm

My Name Is Lucy Barton: Maternal Affairs

laura linney in my name is lucy barton

★★★★☆ Laura Linney shines in this Richard Eyre–directed one-woman show about the unbreakable, intricate mother-daughter bond

December 16, 2019 9:00 pm

Sing Street: We’re With the Band

Zara and Brenock in SING STREET

★★★★☆ If ’80s music is your jam, the nostalgia-soaked ‘Sing Street’ is right up your alley

December 12, 2019 8:00 pm

Harry Connick Jr.: A Celebration of Cole Porter Where Anything Goes

★★★★☆ The actor, singer, and virtuoso pianist pays tribute to Cole Porter with a Broadway extravaganza

December 8, 2019 4:44 pm

One November Yankee: Turbulence Ahead

One November Yankee

★★☆☆☆ Harry Hamlin and Stefanie Powers play three pairs of siblings in this flight-themed earthbound drama

December 6, 2019 12:01 pm

Anything Can Happen in the Theater: Yeston Time

★★★☆☆ Gerard Alessandrini’s valentine to composer-lyricist Maury Yeston mixes his best-known songs with a handful of obscurities

November 25, 2019 8:51 pm

A Bright Room Called Day: The Fascist and the Furious

Bright Room four shot

★★★★☆ Tony Kushner takes another look at his Hitler-through-the-Reagan-era play ‘A Bright Room Called Day’

November 19, 2019 9:46 pm

The Half-Life of Marie Curie: Fun With Science (Really!)

Marie Curie

★★★★☆ America’s most popular living playwright, Lauren Gunderson, shines a spotlight on two history-making female scientists  

November 15, 2019 2:11 pm

Evita: Star Quality to Spare

Solea Pfeiffer Evita

★★★★☆ Thanks to star Solea Pfeiffer, the City Center Encores! production will leave you on a rainbow high

November 15, 2019 11:30 am

Brian Stokes Mitchell: The Man We Love

stokes

★★★★☆ The Tony-winning Broadway baritone is as swoon-worthy as ever in a show packed with his holiday and showtune favorites

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