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December 9, 2019 9:56 pm

Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven: Stephen Adly Guirgis Strikes Again

★★★★★ An overstuffed, engrossing, masterful new play from Pulitzer winner Guirgis

December 4, 2019 9:00 pm

Harry Townsend’s Last Stand: Wheezy Geriatric Comedy, with Fart Jokes

★★☆☆☆ Len Cariou does his best to charm his way through George Eastman’s creaky comedy

November 17, 2019 9:46 pm

The Inheritance: A Magnificent Look at the Post-‘Angels in America’ World

★★★★★ Matthew Lopez’s two-part play, with Stephen Daldry at the helm, is not to be missed

October 28, 2019 2:04 pm

The Michaels: Richard Nelson Extends the Excellence of His Apple and Gabriel Cycles

★★★★★ Maryann Plunkett, Jay O. Sanders, and Brenda Wehle take us back to another kitchen in Nelson’s Rhinebeck

October 17, 2019 9:46 pm

The Sound Inside: Mary Louise Parker Spins an Intriguing Literary Yarn

★★★★★ Adam Rapp makes his Broadway debut with a riveting discourse between two novelists

October 15, 2019 9:50 pm

Soft Power: Hillary Get Your Gun?

★★★☆☆ A sharp East-West political satire from David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori doesn’t quite deliver

October 10, 2019 9:45 pm

Linda Vista: Unadulterated Comedy Back on Broadway, from Tracy Letts

★★★★★ The ‘August: Osage County’ playwright returns with an explosively funny comedy of crotchety manners

October 7, 2019 9:22 pm

The Wrong Man: Joshua Henry Shows Conviction as Man Wrongly Accused

★★★☆☆ Pop songwriter Ross Golan tries his hand at a sung-through musical, directed by Thomas Kail

October 2, 2019 9:41 pm

Freestyle Love Supreme: High-Flying Improv at the Booth

★★★★☆ Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail successfully bring a new-style event to Broadway

September 24, 2019 9:46 pm

The Height of the Storm: Provocative Play Offers Master Class in Acting

★★★★☆ Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins star in Florian Zeller’s newest Paris-to-London-to-New York offering

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