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Michael Sommers

May 6, 2026 2:53 pm

73 Seconds: He Remembers Mama

★★★☆☆ En Garde Arts stages a new solo show inside a planetarium

May 4, 2026 9:51 pm

Hamlet: Cool and Clear

★★★☆☆ Hiran Abeysekera heads a multicultural ensemble in the National Theatre’s visiting production

April 27, 2026 9:59 am

Kenrex: True Crime Time in Flyover Country

★★★☆☆ An English import showcases Jack Holden’s Olivier Award-winning performance as an ugly American

April 23, 2026 9:30 pm

The Rocky Horror Show: Roundabout Rolls Out a Not So Hot Patootie

★★☆☆☆ Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis and Rachel Dratch appear amid a conventional revival of an unconventional musical

April 20, 2026 9:59 pm

Schmigadoon!: Doin’ Nicely Nicely By the Classics

★★★★☆ Alex Brightman leads a dandy company through a salute to musicals like they don’t make them anymore

April 19, 2026 7:59 pm

Fallen Angels: Merely Amusing

★★★☆☆ Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara take summer stock of Noel Coward’s vintage comedy at Roundabout

April 14, 2026 7:00 pm

The Adding Machine: A 1920s Flashback Zeroes into Fears of a Mechanical World

★★★☆☆ Jennifer Tilly and Daphne Rubin-Vega lead The New Group’s fresh staging of an expressionist drama

April 12, 2026 10:00 pm

Titanique: What Did I Miss?

★★★☆☆ Marla Mindelle, Jim Parsons and a merry crew sail off on a little spoof about a big disaster

April 12, 2026 8:44 pm

Scorched Earth: A Dance-Theater Police Procedural

★★★☆☆ Luke Murphy directs and choreographs a modern Irish saga of murder, property and obsession

April 7, 2026 8:59 pm

Cats: The Jellicle Ball: Welcome to the Glitter Box

★★★★☆ A queer reimagining of a classic brings naughty but nice ballroom culture to Broadway

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