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April 26, 2024 12:59 pm

Illinoise: Lots of Good Noise To Dance To

Illinoise Broadway cast

★★★★☆ Choreographer Justin Peck presents a stage adaptation of Sufjan Stevens’ boffo album with total finesse

April 18, 2024 9:24 pm

Suffs: The Brilliant New Musical That Demands to be Heard

★★★★★ Shaina Taub’s suffs are young, scrappy and hungry in their heroic battle to win the vote.

April 11, 2024 8:55 pm

The Outsiders: The Popular Novel and Film is Now a Killer Musical

★★★★☆ The S. E. Hinton classic gets the Broadway treatment courtesy of a gang of talented young guns led by director Danya Taymor.

April 1, 2024 8:00 pm

Stalker: A Magical New Import From Sweden

★★★★☆ The Swedish magicians who stumped Penn & Teller arrive in New York

March 24, 2024 9:00 pm

Philadelphia, Here I Come!: The Brian Friel Classic Returns In Grand Fashion

★★★★★ The Tony-nominated best play is revived in a Broadway calibre production at the Irish Rep

March 14, 2024 8:54 pm

The Notebook: A Musical Romance Made For Fans to Love

★★★☆☆ After a successful run on page and screen, the popular love story looks to score on Broadway

February 28, 2024 2:52 am

The Ally: Josh Radnor Shines in Itamar Moses’ Expansive New Drama

★★★☆☆ The Public Theater production hashes out all sides in the age-old Israeli/Palestinian conflict

February 7, 2024 11:27 am

After Midnight: Joyful Revue Celebrates a Momentous Chapter in Black History

★★★★☆ The Paper Mill Playhouse dazzles with a first rate revival of Broadway’s 2014 Tony nominee for Best Musical

February 6, 2024 6:58 pm

The Connector: A Splendid New Musical About Truth and Consequences

★★★★☆ Jason Robert Brown and company connect with a timely tale exploring fact and fancy in American journalism

January 21, 2024 8:57 pm

Aristocrats: The Death of the Ruling Class in an Irish Brogue

★★★☆☆ Brian Friel’s Chekhovian drama gets a first class production from the Irish Rep

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

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★★★★☆ 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.

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