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Melissa Rose Bernardo

November 2, 2023 8:55 pm

I Need That: Danny DeVito’s Got the Goods

I Need That

★★★☆☆ Theresa Rebeck’s new play delves into the concept of trash, treasure, and throwing it all away

October 29, 2023 9:00 pm

Translations: Finding the Meaning Behind the Words

Translations

★★★★☆ Irish Rep kicks off its Friel Project with a revival of the playwright’s 1980 language-focused, culture-clash drama

October 27, 2023 6:19 pm

Redwood: A Complex and Comedic Family History Lesson

Redwood

★★★★☆ Brittany K. Allen writes and stars in an incisive piece about a Black family in Baltimore exploring their roots

October 19, 2023 7:00 pm

Partnership: The Perils of Mixing Business and Pleasure

Partnership Christiane Noll Sara Haider

★★★☆☆ The Mint Theater continues its salute to British playwright Elizabeth Baker with a 1917 marriage-minded comedy

October 16, 2023 7:30 pm

All the Devils Are Here: The Very Best of the Bard’s Worst

All the Devils Are Here

★★★★★ Patrick Page was born to be bad in this one-man salute to Shakespeare’s evildoers

October 12, 2023 2:26 pm

The Refuge Plays: A Next-Generational Epic

Refuge Plays

★★★☆☆ The sweeping Roundabout Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop co-production covers 70 years, three plays, and three ghosts

October 10, 2023 7:57 am

Merrily We Roll Along: Feel the Flow, Hear What’s Happening

Merrily We Roll Along Old Friends

★★★★★ More than 40 years after its debut, the infamous Sondheim-Furth flop gets Broadway redemption

October 3, 2023 8:56 pm

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding: Tressed to Impress

Jaja Rachel and Zenzi

★★★★☆ Jocelyn Bioh makes her Broadway debut with a celebration of an unsung art and its exceptional artists

September 28, 2023 8:57 pm

Melissa Etheridge–My Window: This Is M.E.

Melissa Etheridge

★★★★☆ The award-winning singer-songwriter brings her confessional bio-musical to Broadway

September 18, 2023 8:55 pm

Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors: He’s Out for Blood, and Laughs

Dracula

★★★☆☆ History’s most famous vampire is back from the undead in a kooky 90-minute comedy

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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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