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October 28, 2025 10:00 pm

Liberation: The Women Are Back and Better than Ever

Susannah Flood and Betsy Aidem in Liberation. Photo: Little Fang

★★★★☆ Bess Wohl’s feminist-themed play cuts a fine figure in its move to Broadway

October 16, 2025 11:00 pm

Ragtime: A Triumphant Revival For Our Time

★★★★★ Following last year’s lauded City Center concert, The great musical returns to Broadway with its stellar cast intact led by Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy and Brandon Uranowitz

October 14, 2025 10:29 am

Bull Durham: Film to Stage Transfer Hits a Homer

★★★★☆ Ron Shelton’s 38 year old baseball movie makes its mark as a high flying musical

July 27, 2025 9:44 pm

Gene & Gilda: The Late Great Comedians Brought To Vivid Life

★★★★☆ When the Willy Wonka star married the SNL OG, laughs, love and hysteria ensued. 

July 20, 2025 7:59 pm

Joy: An Old Mop Story Fairly Wrung Out

★★★☆☆ Betsy Wolfe scores an immaculate performance in a musical remake of the middling movie.

June 25, 2025 8:59 pm

Lowcountry: A Cautionary Tale Aimed at Sex Offenders Down South

★★★☆☆ Abby Rosebrock’s new play at the Atlantic Theater attempts to shine a light on a very dark subject.

June 12, 2025 10:59 pm

Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Shines in a Dark New Play

★★★☆☆ The ‘Hacks’ star takes the Broadway stage solo, as an abused trailer park wife who just wants to write

June 3, 2025 8:59 pm

Lunar Eclipse: Reflective Tale of a Waning Marriage

★★★★☆ Reed Birney and Lisa Emery are brilliant in Donald Margulies latest two-hander

May 1, 2025 2:54 pm

Wonderful Town: Not As Good As it Sounds

★★★☆☆ The latest revival of the Leonard Bernstein musical misses the beat in a rushed Encores! production starring Anika Noni Rose

April 27, 2025 9:30 pm

Real Women Have Curves: Plus-Size Crowd Pleaser Hits Home

★★★★★ Based on the Latin-themed play and film, the new musical hits all the right notes delivering a weighty message about immigration in America.

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Politics underscore but don’t overpower the character-driven epic from Jonathan Spector

Birthright: Political and Personal Issues Intersect to Powerful Effect

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ The new play by Jonathan Spector ("Eureka Day") depicts the reunions over two decades of a group of friends who met on a Birthright trip to Israel.

A Walk on the Moon: A Musical Tribute to Enduring Marriage Vows

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 film, Annmarie Milazzo adds the tuneful score

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By Bob Verini

★★★☆☆ Amidst a hurricane, a Jewish family hashes out Israel and Palestine, solving little but revealing plenty

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