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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

December 10, 2020 12:27 pm

An Evening With Audra McDonald: Online Gala Reveals Star in Top Form

★★★★★ The exceptional entertainer brings her superb concert act onto your screen

December 2, 2020 5:02 pm

The Prom: Streep and Corden Conquer All, with Sequins

★★★★☆ Ryan Murphy brings the Broadway musical to the screen, with sparkling glitz and plenty of heart

December 1, 2020 3:51 pm

Anyone Can Whistle: New (Old) Complete Recording of Iconoclastic Sondheim Masterwork

The ill-fated early musical by Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents is extravagantly celebrated, with Julia McKenzie and Maria Friedman in the spotlight

November 28, 2020 1:00 pm

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: Jefferson Mays Spellbinding as a One-Man Cast of Fifty

★★★★★ Theatrical magic works its wonders in this marvelous telling of the time-tested tale of the triumph of humanity over humbug

October 13, 2020 1:14 pm

What the Constitution Means to Me: Heidi Schreck Tells Us What We Need to Hear

★★★★★ The award-winning play is even more relevant today, dangerously so

September 11, 2020 12:35 pm

Incidental Moments of the Day: Trouble on Zoom with the Apple Family

★★★★★ Yet another engrossing and perceptive visit with Richard Nelson and the Apple family

July 2, 2020 6:16 pm

Hamilton: Your Living Room As the Room Where It Happens

★★★★★ An exquisite capture of the original production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s masterpiece, with the original cast, now on your computer screen

April 25, 2020 1:00 pm

Intermission Talk: Five Bites of the Apple (Family)

Richard Nelson’s newest installment in his celebrated Apple Family series “opens” online on Wednesday, and the first four plays are available for viewing

April 7, 2020 8:29 pm

Intermission Talk: Outrageous Slings and Arrows

The exceptional Canadian series, set at a facsimile of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, is re-released just in time for us to savor it

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Slam Frank: An Equal Opportunity Offender

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The Jewish teen author/Holocaust victim gets an audacious 21st-century musical glow-up

The Hairy Ape: The First Zoo Story

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Jon Beavers depicts a primitive man lost in the civilized world in Irish Rep’s revival of an early O’Neill classic

The Hairy Ape: Hairier Would Be Scarier

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Ciarán O'Reilly directs the revival, Jon Beavers is the supposedly gorilla-like protagonist

creation stories and all the important importants: A Magical Drama About a Wanna-Be Mama

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ LCT3 produces Mfoniso Udofia’s maximalist study of an exceptional woman in crisis

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★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star - Jennifer Nettles - serves up a killer new musical.

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

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★★★★☆ Classy musicalization of a psychosexual cinethriller uses human and technical legerdemain to spellbind

Death of a Salesman: More Relevant Than Ever

★★★★★ Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and Christopher Abbott star in Joe Mantello's emotionally searing revival.

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