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Michael Sommers

July 31, 2024 9:00 pm

someone spectacular: Matters of Life and Death

★★★☆☆ A support group shares grief in real time

July 29, 2024 9:00 pm

Six Characters: Right You Are (If You Think You’re Confused)

★★☆☆☆ LCT3 stages Phillip Howze’s disorderly new drama about the theater

July 17, 2024 9:00 pm

Inspired By True Events: Not-So-Grand Guignol

★☆☆☆☆ Director Knud Adams aims to get real staging Ryan Spahn’s debut should-be thriller

July 14, 2024 6:40 pm

On Beckett: Existential Thoughts from a Clown

★★★★☆ The great Bill Irwin is profoundly funny on Samuel Beckett

July 11, 2024 8:55 pm

Oh, Mary!: Don’t Ask for Subtle Comedy

★★☆☆☆ Cole Escola brings a Mary Todd Lincoln cartoon to Broadway

June 12, 2024 9:30 pm

The Welkin: Meet the Real Housewives of 1759

★★☆☆☆ Sandra Oh leads a dozen women through miserable times

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

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