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Michael Sommers

November 8, 2024 9:59 pm

Gatz: Great Scott!

★★★★★ Elevator Repair Service’s remarkable word-for-word Fitzgerald staging returns to the Public

October 29, 2024 8:58 pm

Another Shot: When Harry Met Rehab

★★★☆☆ Dan Butler plays a nice guy who insists “I don’t need to quit drinking”

October 28, 2024 8:57 pm

In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot: Survivors, from Sarah Mantell

★★★☆☆ Blackburn prize-winner studies love in a dystopian climate

October 16, 2024 9:58 pm

Hold on to Me Darling: Don’t Let Go His Ego

★★★★☆ Adam Driver stars as a self-involved charmer

October 15, 2024 9:00 pm

Vladimir: Putin on the Fritz

★★☆☆☆ A cautionary new drama views Russian corruption

October 13, 2024 10:02 am

Sump’n Like Wings: Yearning to Fly Away

★★★☆☆ A lost play by Lynn Riggs studies youthful urges in 1910s Oklahoma

October 13, 2024 10:00 am

Deep History: Can We Survive Climate Change?

★★★☆☆ David Finnigan delivers a lecture on humanity facing catastrophe

October 7, 2024 9:00 am

The Big Gay Jamboree: Trapped Inside a Vintage Musical

★★★★☆ Titanique maker Marla Mindelle stars as a comical lady in the dark of her own devising

October 3, 2024 10:00 pm

Safety Not Guaranteed: Nor Is a Satisfying Time

★★☆☆☆ An intriguing-sounding sci-fi musical romance, disappointingly realized

October 1, 2024 7:58 am

Magnificent Bird/Book of Travelers: Gabriel Kahane Offers Songs in the Keys of His Life

★★★☆☆ An American songwriter looks inward and outside in friendly bio-shows

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