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Melissa Rose Bernardo

September 5, 2019 8:16 pm

Betrayal: Less Is More in This London-Born Revival

Betrayal trio

★★★★★ Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox make a beguiling love triangle in Harold Pinter’s backward-spinning drama

September 3, 2019 4:19 pm

Hercules: A Heroic New Musical, and That’s the Gospel Truth!

Hercules cast

★★★★☆ A 200-person cast goes the distance with the Public Works adaptation of the beloved Disney movie

August 15, 2019 9:51 pm

Make Believe: A Sentimental but Not Syrupy Nostalgia Trip

Make Believe adults

★★★★☆ Children of the ’80s will especially enjoy Bess Wohl’s nostalgic new play, set in a memory-filled family attic

August 5, 2019 10:14 pm

Coriolanus: A Poor Case for a Rarely Produced Play

Coriolanus cast

★★☆☆☆ The second open-air Central Park offering of the summer is a rare miss from usually on-point Shakespearean director Daniel Sullivan

July 31, 2019 8:56 pm

Rinse, Repeat: The Vicious Circle of Eating Disorders

cast of Rinse Repeat

★★★☆☆ Domenica Feraud’s ambitious drama ultimately crumbles under the weight of its good intentions

July 25, 2019 9:41 pm

Moulin Rouge! The Musical!: A Dazzling Exercise in Excess

Moulin Rouge Lady Marmalade

★★★★★ Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit belt out chart-topping hits in the lavish screen-to-stage salute to “truth, beauty, freedom, and love”

July 23, 2019 8:55 pm

Broadway Bounty Hunter: Annie Golden Nails It

Broadway Bounty Hunter Cast

★★★★☆ Annie Golden taps into her badass side in Joe Iconis’ 1970s-inspired musical

July 21, 2019 4:00 pm

Two’s a Crowd: Rita Rudner’s Vegas-Themed Show Busts

Twos A Crowd

★★☆☆☆ Rita Rudner’s innumerable comic gifts are squandered in this musical misfire

July 18, 2019 8:30 pm

Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow: Three Sisters, Halley Feiffer Style

Tavi Gevinson, Rebecca Henderson, and Chris Perfetti in Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow

★★★★☆ Halley Feiffer writes a love letter to Chekhov’s classic

July 5, 2019 4:44 pm

Rock of Ages: I Hate Myself for Loving You

Kirsten Scott CJ Eldred

★★★☆☆ A decade after its first air guitar riff, the hair-metal jukebox musical is back—and it’s still nothin’ but a good time

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Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

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