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October 14, 2021 9:20 pm

The Lehman Trilogy: Astonishing Sam Mendes Production Finally Reaches Broadway

★★★★★ Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Adrian Lester altogether triumphant as the Brothers Lehman

October 3, 2021 9:46 pm

Six: Hold on to Your Heads, with Cheers and Huzzahs!

★★★★★ The musical juggernaut about displaced royals delivers, with flair, exuberance, and high style

September 9, 2021 12:12 pm

What Happened? The Michaels Abroad: Despair, Dread, Dance, and Lasagna

★★★★★ Richard Nelson triumphantly completes his Rhinebeck Panorama, with Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders leading the troupe

August 9, 2021 9:51 pm

Merry Wives: Rambunctious Romp from The Public

★★★★☆ Playwright Jocelyn Bioh and director Saheem Ali bring Falstaffian hijinks to Shakespeare in the Park

August 4, 2021 12:52 pm

Putting It Together: Lapine and Sondheim (and Bernadette and Mandy), Via Town Hall

A candid discussion about the creation of ‘Sunday in the Park with George,’ from the creators

March 19, 2021 12:44 pm

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: Outlandish Comedy Is as Funny as It Gets

★★★★★ David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver, and Kristine Nielsen in Christopher Durang’s convulsively neo-Chekhovian Disneyish idyll

March 15, 2021 8:17 pm

The Last Five Years: Jason Robert Brown’s Dissection of Marriage, in Song

★★★★☆ Dynamic two-character musical more than retains its power under the spell of Tony-winning director Jason Michael Webb

February 25, 2021 1:22 pm

Myths and Hymns Chapter 2, Work: A Minor Portion of Guettel’s Major Song Cycle

★★★☆☆ The second installment doesn’t have quite the power of the first, nor the likely power of the forthcoming final two chapters

February 3, 2021 7:20 pm

Simply Sondheim: The Master in Revue, Yet Again

★★★★☆ Arlington’s Signature Theatre brings us a worthy (if unfocused) evening of Sondheim, headlined by Norm Lewis, Emily Skinner, and Conrad Ricamora

January 15, 2021 3:50 pm

Myths and Hymns Chapter 1, Flight: Adam Guettel and Friends Soar

★★★★★ The astonishing song cycle from the “The Light in the Piazza” composer is reconceived for streaming, with exciting results

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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

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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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