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Michael Sommers

June 5, 2024 9:26 pm

Home: Is Where the Art Is, at Roundabout

★★★☆☆ Tory Kittles, Brittany Inge and Stori Ayers make glowing Broadway debuts

June 4, 2024 8:59 pm

What Became of Us: More Than Just a Lifetime Drama

★★★☆☆ BD Wong and Rosalind Cho portray siblings in an uncommon new play

May 30, 2024 10:20 pm

The Comedy of Errors: A Tuneful Bilingual Romp through the Parks

★★★☆☆ The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit brings Shakespeare’s comedy to a park near you

May 21, 2024 9:00 pm

The Fires: A Not So Hot Study of Black Men in Love

★★☆☆☆ Raja Feather Kelly writes and directs a sorrowful new drama for Soho Rep

May 6, 2024 3:02 pm

The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria: Crown of Thorns

★★★☆☆ A London troupe shines seriocomic light on dark wartime history

March 31, 2024 10:01 am

Two Shades of Ibsen: Old Henrik Inspires New Works by Herzog and Busch

The Norwegian Father of Realism spawns a pair of contrasting plays on and off Broadway

January 4, 2024 3:24 pm

Here We Are: Sondheim’s Non Finito Musical, or Sunday in the Dark with Brunch

A genius leaves a final puzzle for his fans to ponder

December 15, 2022 2:23 pm

Ain’t No Mo’: Satirical Beauty Languishes Amid a Beastly Broadway

★★★★★ Being a trenchant and meaningfully funny comedy doesn’t necessarily translate into substantial audiences

September 11, 2020 12:34 pm

Incidental Moments of the Day: Richard Nelson’s Latest Socially Distant Drama

★★★☆☆ The latest Zoom saga of the Apple family’s doings in the pandemic remains thoughtfully everyday

July 2, 2020 1:10 pm

And So We Come Forth: The Apple Family Seems Exhausted by Current Events

Richard Nelson’s latest Rhinebeck drama offers a chat ‘n’ chew over interesting times

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