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Michael Sommers

October 28, 2019 9:29 pm

Seared: Raúl Esparza Gets All Fired Up As a Deranged Master Chef

★★★☆☆ MCC Theater makes a tasty dish of Theresa Rebeck’s lite comedy

October 23, 2019 9:01 pm

Scotland, PA: A Mostly Fair-to-Middling Musical Dishes Out Murders Most Foul

★★★☆☆ Smart staging and good performers make the most of a so-so new musical

October 21, 2019 9:01 pm

Is This A Room: Real Life Whistleblower Gets Busted, in Real Time

★★★★☆ A word-for-word FBI transcript is starkly staged as a documentary drama

October 20, 2019 8:41 pm

American Utopia: David Byrne Headlines an Extremely Stylish Concert

★★★★☆ A charismatic star and an expert troupe deliver a classy event

October 16, 2019 9:50 pm

The Lightning Thief: Scarcely a Striking Attraction for the Whole Darn Family

★★☆☆☆ Rick Riordan’s modern mythological yarn is a yawn as a musical

October 15, 2019 9:51 pm

Soft Power: Shall We Dance and Sing About Our Cultural Differences?

★★★☆☆ Hillary Clinton enjoys a Fred & Ginger romance in a satirical show at the Public

October 14, 2019 4:00 pm

The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter: Too Much Winking

★★☆☆☆ Vintage songs curdle in coy performances

October 13, 2019 5:54 pm

The White Chip: A Blithe Spirit Spins Into Chronic Alcohol Abuse

★★★☆☆ Three actors make a cautionary saga of excessive drinking go down easily

October 7, 2019 9:01 pm

Heroes of the Fourth Turning: Millennials Argue About Our Civil Wars

★★★★☆ Younger conservatives drunkenly debate fundamental issues at Playwrights Horizons

October 4, 2019 9:58 am

(A)loft Modulation: Obsessive Behavior and All That Jazz

★★☆☆☆ A bluesy atmosphere and musical performances enhance an awfully talky new drama

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