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Melissa Rose Bernardo

February 14, 2019 9:59 pm

Sea Wall / A Life: Meditations on Life and Death

Jake Gyllenhaal in A Life

★★★☆☆ Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a pair of somber, sometimes rewarding monologues by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne

February 12, 2019 9:00 pm

Freestyle Love Supreme: Where Hip Hop, Improv, and Comedy Meet

Freestyle Love Supreme

★★★★☆ The hip hop improv troupe cofounded by Lin-Manuel Miranda reunites for an off-Broadway run (with a few special guests)

January 9, 2019 3:26 pm

Under the Radar: Minor Character, [50/50] old school animation

Minor Character by New Saloon

★★★★ Chekhov’s ubiquitous Vanya gets shaken and stirred
★★ Women endure emotional torture for the sake of friendship

January 8, 2019 9:30 pm

Choir Boy: Make a Joyful Noise

Pope and Cooper in Choir Boy

★★★★☆ Oscar-winner Tarell Alvin McCraney makes his long-awaited Broadway debut with this 2013 coming-of-age drama

December 10, 2018 9:30 pm

Noura: On Marriage, Motherhood, Refugees, and Family

Noura

★★★★☆ Versatile playwright-performer Heather Raffo continues to explore her Middle Eastern heritage with a Christmas-set family drama

December 6, 2018 9:50 pm

Network: Maddening As Hell

Bryan Cranston Tony Goldwyn Network

★★☆☆☆ To quote Paddy Chayefsky’s Oscar-winning screenplay, this Network messes with the primal forces of nature

November 18, 2018 8:00 pm

Downstairs: Tim and Tyne Daly Dig Up Family Secrets

Tim Daly and Tyne Daly in Downstairs

★★★☆☆ In their first-ever shared New York stage appearance, the dynamic real-life siblings star as brother and sister in Theresa Rebeck’s family drama

November 12, 2018 7:31 pm

The Other Josh Cohen: A Lovable Loser’s Valentine

Steve Rosen David Rossmer in The Other Josh Cohen

★★★★☆ David Rossmer and Steve Rosen’s musical is as sweet as a bag of half-price Kit Kats

November 4, 2018 10:01 pm

American Son: Ripped From the Headlines

Kerry Washington Steven Pasquale Jeremy Jordan AMERICAN SON

★★★☆☆ Kerry Washington and Steven Pasquale star in this all-too-timely drama from lawyer/playwright Christopher Demos-Brown

November 2, 2018 10:00 pm

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: We Believe in Fairies

Marinda Anderson David Ryan Smith in A Midsummer Nights Dream

★★★★☆ Though it be but little, it is fierce. The Mobile Unit’s made-to-travel Midsummer doesn’t skimp on the laughs or the fairy dust.

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