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Michael Sommers

October 16, 2024 9:58 pm

Hold on to Me Darling: Don’t Let Go His Ego

★★★★☆ Adam Driver stars as a self-involved charmer

October 15, 2024 9:00 pm

Vladimir: Putin on the Fritz

★★☆☆☆ A cautionary new drama views Russian corruption

October 13, 2024 10:02 am

Sump’n Like Wings: Yearning to Fly Away

★★★☆☆ A lost play by Lynn Riggs studies youthful urges in 1910s Oklahoma

October 13, 2024 10:00 am

Deep History: Can We Survive Climate Change?

★★★☆☆ David Finnigan delivers a lecture on humanity facing catastrophe

October 7, 2024 9:00 am

The Big Gay Jamboree: Trapped Inside a Vintage Musical

★★★★☆ Titanique maker Marla Mindelle stars as a comical lady in the dark of her own devising

October 3, 2024 10:00 pm

Safety Not Guaranteed: Nor Is a Satisfying Time

★★☆☆☆ An intriguing-sounding sci-fi musical romance, disappointingly realized

October 1, 2024 7:58 am

Magnificent Bird/Book of Travelers: Gabriel Kahane Offers Songs in the Keys of His Life

★★★☆☆ An American songwriter looks inward and outside in friendly bio-shows

September 22, 2024 8:57 pm

The Beacon: A Trivial Sea of Mysteries

★★☆☆☆ Kate Mulgrew glows amid a murky Irish melodrama

September 18, 2024 9:00 pm

See What I Wanna See: Hear What You Oughta Hear

The Husband puppet and Sam Simahk in See What I Wanna See. Photo: Thomas Brunot

★★★★☆ Michael John LaChiusa’s musical triptych shimmers once more

September 17, 2024 8:30 pm

Our Class: An Artful Holocaust History Lesson

★★★☆☆ Think of a Polish version of Our Town where the neighbors kill you

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