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Melissa Rose Bernardo

July 12, 2018 9:31 pm

Mary Page Marlowe: Six Actresses, One Amazing Woman

Gary Wilmes and Tatiana Maslany in Mary Page Marlowe

★★★★★ Tracy Letts returns to the Midwest with a subdued but stunning play about someone “unexceptional”

July 12, 2018 3:35 pm

Gone Missing: Requiem for a Composer

Taylor Mac in Gone Missing

★★★★☆ The late Michael Friedman receives a fitting tribute at Encores! Off-Center with The Civilians’ melancholy Gone Missing.

June 28, 2018 8:29 pm

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: A Fine Romance

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever at Irish Rep

★★★☆☆ Melissa Errico and Stephen Bogardus star in Irish Rep’s stripped-down, chamber-style revival of the 1960s musical.

June 28, 2018 4:34 pm

Songs for a New World: Reach for the ‘Stars’

Shoshana Bean Songs for a New World

★★★☆☆ Jason Robert Brown fans rejoice! The Tony-winning composer’s first work is getting the Encores! treatment.

June 27, 2018 9:00 pm

Girls & Boys: You Just Can’t Look Away

Carey Mulligan Girls and Boys

★★★★☆ Oscar and Tony nominee Carey Mulligan captivates in a gritty one-woman drama from Matilda scribe Dennis Kelly.

June 25, 2018 10:00 pm

Cyprus Avenue: Where Pride & Prejudice Meet

Stephen Rea Cyprus Avenue

★★☆☆☆ Did you hear the one about the baby who looked like Gerry Adams? Cyprus Avenue is a black comedy in search of a weighty punch line.  

June 19, 2018 4:12 am

Pass Over: A Bruised, Broken Tale of Black Life

Namir Smallwood and Gabriel Ebert in Pass Over

★★★★☆ Antoinette Nwandu’s modern-day mash-up of Godot and Exodus pulls no punches when it comes to police violence.

June 18, 2018 9:16 pm

Othello: Moor Than Meets the Eye

Othello in Central Park

★★★★☆ Chukwudi Iwuji and Corey Stoll wrestle with the green-eyed monster in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Othello.

June 7, 2018 8:30 pm

Fruit Trilogy: A Woman Is Not a Piece of Fruit

Liz Mikel and Kiersey Clemons

★★★☆☆ Attention must be paid to Eve Ensler’s newest works, but your patience will be tested during this dissonant trio of shorts

May 14, 2018 10:01 pm

Paradise Blue: Striving for That Perfect Note

Kristolyn Lloyd and J. Alphonse Nicholson in Paradise Blue

★★★★☆ Dominique Morisseau wraps up her Detroit trilogy with a jazzy ode to the city’s once-thriving entertainment district

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By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith star in Jen Silverman's adaptation of Strindberg's classic drama.

Creditors: Love, Marriage, and Maddening Mind Games

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Ian Rickson directs the rarely performed Strindberg work, with a refresh from playwright Jen Silverman

Goddess: A Myth-Making, Magical New Musical

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ A luminous Amber Iman casts a spell in an ambitious Kenya-set show at the Public Theater

Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Smile When Your Heart Is Breaking

By Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Dule Hill plays the title role in Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor's play with music, exploring Nat King Cole's troubled psyche.

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