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Steven Suskin

About Steven Suskin

Steven Suskin has been reviewing theater and music since 1999 for Variety, Playbill, the Huffington Post, and elsewhere. He has written 17 books, including Offstage Observations, Second Act Trouble and The Sound of Broadway Music. Email: steven@nystagereview.com.

June 23, 2026 9:49 pm

Dad Don’t Read This: 16 Going On Angst 

★★★★☆ Amalia Yoo and friends brighten the stage with Eliya Smith’s intriguing teen talk

June 5, 2026 11:13 am

David Copperfield: Pint-Sized Version Offers Tarnished Brass

★★☆☆☆ This three-player Brits Off Broadway version from the Guildford Shakespeare Company disappoints

May 14, 2026 9:00 pm

Well, I’ll Let You Go: Coping with Grief, Magnificently

★★★★★ Quincy Tyler Bernstine gives a whirlwind performance in a stunning new play by Bubba Weiler

May 6, 2026 5:27 pm

John Pizzarelli: Salute to Duke Ellington at the Carlyle

A stellar symphony in jazz, at Café Carlyle

April 16, 2026 10:00 pm

Proof: 25-year-old Pulitzer Winner Proves to Be Even Better Than Before

★★★★★ Ayo Edebiri heads the cast in Thomas Kail’s production of the David Auburn play

March 12, 2026 11:00 pm

Every Brilliant Thing: A Lustrous Evening with Daniel Radcliffe

★★★★★ Duncan Macmillan’s play is an unexpected Broadway treat

February 26, 2026 9:00 pm

Chinese Republicans: Clever, Venom-Tipped Arrows, Ineffectively Aimed

★★★☆☆ Alex Lin’s barbed comedy at the Roundabout doesn’t quite hit its target

December 18, 2025 10:00 pm

Amahl and the Night Visitors: Grand Opera, Grandly Done

★★★★☆ Gian Carlo Menotti’s one-act opera shines as a holiday attraction

December 16, 2025 6:01 pm

Tartuffe: Sparkling Wine, Without the Sparkle

★★☆☆☆ Matthew Broderick and David Cross in Lucas Hnath’s Adaptation of Molière

December 11, 2025 5:26 pm

Porgy and Bess: Masterful Masterwork at Met

★★★★☆ The George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward-Ira Gershwin folk musical in fine, full form

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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

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

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

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