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Michael Sommers

About Michael Sommers

Michael Sommers has written about the New York and regional theater scenes since 1981. He served two terms as president of the New York Drama Critics Circle and was the longtime chief reviewer for The Star-Ledger and the Newhouse News Service. For an archive of Village Voice reviews, go here. Email: michael@nystagereview.com.

May 18, 2026 8:59 pm

Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium: Department Story

★★★☆☆ Candy Buckley and a bright ensemble illuminate an incomplete dark comedy by an American master

May 6, 2026 2:53 pm

73 Seconds: He Remembers Mama

★★★☆☆ En Garde Arts stages a new solo show inside a planetarium

May 4, 2026 9:51 pm

Hamlet: Cool and Clear

★★★☆☆ Hiran Abeysekera heads a multicultural ensemble in the National Theatre’s visiting production

April 27, 2026 9:59 am

Kenrex: True Crime Time in Flyover Country

★★★☆☆ An English import showcases Jack Holden’s Olivier Award-winning performance as an ugly American

April 23, 2026 9:30 pm

The Rocky Horror Show: Roundabout Rolls Out a Not So Hot Patootie

★★☆☆☆ Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis and Rachel Dratch appear amid a conventional revival of an unconventional musical

April 20, 2026 9:59 pm

Schmigadoon!: Doin’ Nicely Nicely By the Classics

★★★★☆ Alex Brightman leads a dandy company through a salute to musicals like they don’t make them anymore

April 19, 2026 7:59 pm

Fallen Angels: Merely Amusing

★★★☆☆ Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara take summer stock of Noel Coward’s vintage comedy at Roundabout

April 14, 2026 7:00 pm

The Adding Machine: A 1920s Flashback Zeroes into Fears of a Mechanical World

★★★☆☆ Jennifer Tilly and Daphne Rubin-Vega lead The New Group’s fresh staging of an expressionist drama

April 12, 2026 10:00 pm

Titanique: What Did I Miss?

★★★☆☆ Marla Mindelle, Jim Parsons and a merry crew sail off on a little spoof about a big disaster

April 12, 2026 8:44 pm

Scorched Earth: A Dance-Theater Police Procedural

★★★☆☆ Luke Murphy directs and choreographs a modern Irish saga of murder, property and obsession

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