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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.

September 28, 2026 9:30 pm

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play: Jasmine Amy Rogers and Denée Benton Battle It Out

★★★★☆ Whitney White directs a first-rate cast in Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy

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

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