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Michael Sommers

September 22, 2024 8:57 pm

The Beacon: A Trivial Sea of Mysteries

★★☆☆☆ Kate Mulgrew glows amid a murky Irish melodrama

September 18, 2024 9:00 pm

See What I Wanna See: Hear What You Oughta Hear

The Husband puppet and Sam Simahk in See What I Wanna See. Photo: Thomas Brunot

★★★★☆ Michael John LaChiusa’s musical triptych shimmers once more

September 17, 2024 8:30 pm

Our Class: An Artful Holocaust History Lesson

★★★☆☆ Think of a Polish version of Our Town where the neighbors kill you

July 31, 2024 9:00 pm

someone spectacular: Matters of Life and Death

★★★☆☆ A support group shares grief in real time

July 29, 2024 9:00 pm

Six Characters: Right You Are (If You Think You’re Confused)

★★☆☆☆ LCT3 stages Phillip Howze’s disorderly new drama about the theater

July 17, 2024 9:00 pm

Inspired By True Events: Not-So-Grand Guignol

★☆☆☆☆ Director Knud Adams aims to get real staging Ryan Spahn’s debut should-be thriller

July 14, 2024 6:40 pm

On Beckett: Existential Thoughts from a Clown

★★★★☆ The great Bill Irwin is profoundly funny on Samuel Beckett

July 11, 2024 8:55 pm

Oh, Mary!: Don’t Ask for Subtle Comedy

★★☆☆☆ Cole Escola brings a Mary Todd Lincoln cartoon to Broadway

June 12, 2024 9:30 pm

The Welkin: Meet the Real Housewives of 1759

★★☆☆☆ Sandra Oh leads a dozen women through miserable times

June 5, 2024 9:26 pm

Home: Is Where the Art Is, at Roundabout

★★★☆☆ Tory Kittles, Brittany Inge and Stori Ayers make glowing Broadway debuts

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