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Michael Sommers

November 7, 2018 9:55 pm

Eve’s Song: How Black Women’s Lives Don’t Always Matter in America

Karl Green, Ashley D. Kelley, Kadijah Raquel and De'Adre Aziza perform in Eve's Song. Photo:Joan Marcus

★★★☆☆ The Public Theater premieres the threnody of a blameless woman’s destruction

November 5, 2018 9:05 pm

The Thanksgiving Play: Knocking the Stuffing Out of White Liberal Correctness

Greg Keller, Jennifer Bareilles, Jeffrey Bean and Margo Seibert perform The Thanksgiving Play. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★☆☆ Playwrights Horizons premieres a satirical comedy that’s tasty but underdone

November 4, 2018 4:30 pm

Waiting for Godot: Whiling Away a Few Fine Hours With an Irish Didi and Gogo

Marty Rea and Aaron Monaghan perform in Waiting for Godot. Photo: Matthew Thompson

★★★★☆ The Druid company infuses Samuel Beckett’s bleak drama with a wonderful sense of life

October 28, 2018 8:00 pm

Big Apple Circus: A Lean, Keen, Family Show (and More) to its Core

The Duo Fusion act in this Year's Big Apple Circus. Photo: Juliana Crawford

★★★★☆ Kids will get a kick out of the 41st edition while their elders will see some nice sights, too

October 28, 2018 7:30 pm

Daniel’s Husband: A New Drama Cautions Same-Sex Couples to Tie the Knot

Matthew Montelongo, Ryan Spahn and Anna Holbrook play leading characters in Daniel's Husband. Photo: Carol Rosegg

★★★☆☆ Good acting breathes life into a comedy that unexpectedly turns sorrowful

October 24, 2018 11:38 pm

Come From Away: Get a Gander at Strangers Being Kind to Each Other

★★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: An expertly staged docu-musical remains a truly heartwarming experience

October 11, 2018 7:01 pm

Midnight at the Never Get: A Moody Cabaret About the Man That Got Away

Jeremy Cohen and Sam Bolen perform in Midnight at the Never Get. Photo: Carol Rosegg

★★★☆☆ A gay romance from the 1960s glimmers within a little musical bubble

October 8, 2018 9:00 pm

The Winning Side: What’s Love Got to Do With Wernher Von Braun?

Melissa Friedman, Devin E. Haqq, Sullivan Jones and Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. play a scene in The Winning Side. Photo: Carol Rosegg

★★☆☆☆ A mash-up of fact and fiction shows that writing plays can be harder than rocket science

October 4, 2018 2:30 pm

The Bacchae: Euripides’ Classical Tragicomedy of Wine, Women, and Wrong

Ellen Lauren portrays Dionysus in The Bacchae. Photo: Stephanie Berger

★★★☆☆ Anne Bogart stages a 2,400 year-old Greek drama with a few modern notes

October 2, 2018 9:00 pm

Final Follies: Primary Stages Trips Over a Trio of A.R. Gurney Comedies

Betsy Aidem and Piter Marek teach The Love Course in Final Follies. Photo: James Leynse

★★☆☆☆ Able staging and acting can do only so much with a master author’s minor material

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