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Michael Sommers

April 30, 2019 8:51 pm

The Plough and the Stars: Dubliners Come to Vivid Life in Irish Rep’s Revival

Maryann Plunkett, Clare O'Malley, and John Keating perform in the final scene of The Plow and the Stars. Photo: Carol Rosegg

★★★★★ A superb company performs Sean O’Casey’s tragicomedy about the 1916 Easter Rising

April 29, 2019 10:52 am

Grief is the Thing with Feathers: A Mad, Murky, Melancholy Journey

Cillian Murphy performs in Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Photo: Teddy Wolff

★★★☆☆ Cillian Murphy delivers a remarkable performance as a man possessed

April 27, 2019 1:21 pm

Lady in the Dark: MasterVoices Lovingly Revives a Masterpiece Musical

Victoria Clark performs the "Glamour Dream" in Lady in the Dark. Photo: Richard Termine

★★★★★ Victoria Clark is the glowing central figure of a legendary musical

April 18, 2019 7:20 pm

Hillary and Clinton: Peering Inside the Private Lives of a Power Couple

Laurie Metcalf in Hillary and Clinton. Photo: Julieta Cervantes

★★★★☆ Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow superbly depict a dynamic duo

April 17, 2019 8:50 pm

Hadestown: Red, Hot, and Bluesy Score Fuels a Trip to Hell and Back

Patrick Page and Amber Gray make a hellish couple in Hadestown. Photo: Matthew Murphy

★★★★☆ Songwriter Anaïs Mitchell makes an impressive Broadway bow with an infernal musical

April 9, 2019 9:59 pm

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy: The Shed Opens With a Mystifying Melologue

★☆☆☆☆ Ben Whishaw and Renee Fleming valiantly appear in a gloomy chamber opera

April 8, 2019 7:00 pm

Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie: Focusing Upon a Slice of Late ’70s Life

The Mad Ones ensemble performs Mrs. Murray's Menagerie. Photo: Ben Arons Photography

★★★☆☆ The Mad Ones offers an awfully ultra-real look at a focus group

April 3, 2019 8:45 pm

The Cradle Will Rock: A Proletarian Musical Looks Kind of Labored

David Garrison plays Mr. Mister in The Cradle Will Rock. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★☆☆☆ Director John Doyle scarcely does justice by Marc Blitzstein’s legendary 1937 musical

April 2, 2019 7:00 pm

Do You Feel Anger?: A Mildly Absurd Look at Misogyny on the Job

Tiffany Villarin, Megan Hill, Ugo Chukwu, and Justin Long in Do You Feel Anger? Photo: Carol Rosegg

★★★☆☆ A comedy about un-woke office jerks and the women who put up with them

March 31, 2019 7:38 pm

The White Devil: Stylishly Wicked Fun for Everyone

★★★★☆ Red Bull Theater restores a circa 1612 thriller to lusty life in modern dress

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The Winter’s Tale: Shakespeare’s Romance Right for Summer

By David Finkle

★★★★★ Daniel Sullivan directs with his standard skill, Raúl Esparza, Lily Rabe head superb cast

An American Daughter: Wendy Wasserstein’s Play Shows Its Age

By Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Jean Lichty plays the title role in this unevenly acted revival also featuring Montego Glover and Robert Sean Leonard

An American Daughter: Wendy Wasserstein Revival Falters

By David Finkle

★★☆☆☆ The swift-tongued playwright takes on a flawed powerful woman, Sarna Lapine directs

Casey Likes: Back to the Past, as a Young’un Remembers It

By Elysa Gardner

The rising Broadway star traces his young life and career through music, with nods to classic rock, Alan Menken, and the Jonas Brothers

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Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan Will Be Your Bobby Darin From Now On

★★★★☆ Replacing Jonathan Groff, the Broadway veteran delivers a stellar turn in the musical that merits a repeat viewing.

The Saviors: What Would Jesus Do?

★★★★☆ Writer Bubba Weiler and director Jack Serio offer a tender drama of faith and friendship

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★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star - Jennifer Nettles - serves up a killer new musical.

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Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

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