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Melissa Rose Bernardo

November 7, 2024 9:28 pm

Walden: Zoë Winters and Emmy Rossum Navigate American Dystopia

Zoe Winters and Emmy Rossum in Walden

★★★★☆ Amy Berryman’s post-apocalyptic drama centers on twin sisters and their space-travel dreams

November 3, 2024 5:00 pm

The Devil’s Disciple: An All-Female Cast Takes On Shaw’s American Revolution Story

The Devils Disciple

★★★☆☆ Gingold Theatrical Group offers clever production of early Shavian comedy

November 1, 2024 4:09 pm

Ragtime: Simple and Somehow Sublime

Ragtime

★★★★★ For her farewell as Encores! artistic director, future Lincoln Center AD Lear deBessonet goes out on a high note

October 28, 2024 8:59 pm

Bad Kreyòl: Haitian American Dominique Morisseau’s Very Personal Drama

Kelly McCreary Pascale Armand Bad Kreyol

★★★★☆ The playwright returns to her roots and honors her family in a dynamic new work

October 24, 2024 10:57 pm

Romeo + Juliet: Shakespeare for the TikTok Generation

Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor in Romeo and Juliet

★★★☆☆ Sam Gold gives the tragedy a Gen Z makeover, complete with a pop music, plushies, and two popular young stars

October 23, 2024 8:28 pm

Left On Tenth: Delia Ephron’s Memoir Gets Lost in Translation

Peter Gallagher and Julianna Margulies

★★★☆☆ Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher headline this true story of second chances

October 1, 2024 9:28 pm

Yellow Face: Laugh, Reflect, Repeat

Yellow Face

★★★★☆ Playwright David Henry Hwang gives main-character energy in a self-deprecating stage mockumentary

October 1, 2024 9:15 pm

Good Bones: James Ijames’ Urban Renewal Project

good bones

★★★★☆ Saheem Ali directs a one-acter that only scratches the surface of the gentrification debate

September 29, 2024 10:55 pm

The Hills of California: Le Jez Hot!

Hills of California

★★★★★ Laura Donnelly stars in a time-hopping play about a musical family that hits all the right notes

September 12, 2024 8:56 pm

The Roommate: Bronx Bad Girl, Meet Midwestern Nervous Nellie

The Roommate

★★★☆☆ Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow play roommates–turned-unlikely friends in the Jack O’Brien–directed two-hander

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Politics underscore but don’t overpower the character-driven epic from Jonathan Spector

Birthright: Political and Personal Issues Intersect to Powerful Effect

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ The new play by Jonathan Spector ("Eureka Day") depicts the reunions over two decades of a group of friends who met on a Birthright trip to Israel.

A Walk on the Moon: A Musical Tribute to Enduring Marriage Vows

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 film, Annmarie Milazzo adds the tuneful score

From Massachusetts: The Zionists, A Family Storm (And The World’s)

By Bob Verini

★★★☆☆ Amidst a hurricane, a Jewish family hashes out Israel and Palestine, solving little but revealing plenty

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