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Michael Sommers

August 4, 2025 7:59 pm

Can I Be Frank?: Being Present about the Past

★★★☆☆ Morgan Bassichis evolves under the influence of comic Frank Maya and director Sam Pinkleton

July 21, 2025 8:00 pm

ta-da!: Josh Sharp shares the gay times of his life

★★★☆☆ Director Sam Pinkleton stages a solo show driven by 2,000 slides in 80 minutes

July 17, 2025 8:00 pm

The Weir: Naturally Supernatural

★★★★☆ Dan Butler leads a superb ensemble in Irish Repertory Theatre staging of Conor McPherson’s haunting drama

July 13, 2025 11:00 pm

The Gospel at Colonus: A grand and glorious revival

★★★★★ A modern music-drama looks and sounds beautiful outdoors at Little Island Park

June 25, 2025 7:00 pm

Trophy Boys: The guilted age

★★★★☆ Louisa Jacobson busts loose as a prep school jock in a look at toxic boys

June 17, 2025 9:00 pm

Prince Faggot: A royal fairy tale unravels

★★★☆☆ A meta-theatrical drama conjures a queer romance for the House of Windsor

June 16, 2025 8:00 am

Passengers: A Classy Party of Tip-Top Cirque-Style Artists Take the Train Downtown  

The company of Passengers. Photo: Alexandre Galliez

★★★★☆ Montreal’s 7 Fingers physical theater troupe visits PAC NYC in lower Manhattan

June 12, 2025 9:01 pm

Prosperous Fools: Taylor Mac Attacks, Unpersuasively

Sierra Boggess as ####-###, Jason O’Connell as $#@%$. Photo: Travis Emery Hackett

★★☆☆☆ A grant-winning genius bites the philanthropic hands that feed him

June 12, 2025 12:01 am

Angry Alan: John Krasinski Swallows the Red Pill

★★★★☆ Director Sam Gold’s staging exhibits a nice American guy going wrong

June 5, 2025 7:00 pm

The Wash: Airing a Ripe Slice of American History

★★★☆☆ New Federal Theatre delivers a drama about the 1881 Atlanta washerwomen’s strike

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