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June 21, 2018 7:00 pm

Conflict: Another Impeccable Lost-but-Worthy Play at the Mint

★★★☆☆ This 1925 politics-and-romance play by a screenwriter and character actor is well revived, if unimportant

June 8, 2018 1:27 pm

The Great Leap: Hoop Dreams, in Beijing and San Francisco

Ali Ahn, Ned Eisenberg, Tony Aidan Vo and BD Wong in The Great Leap. Photo: Ahron R. Foster

★★★★☆ Lauren Yee scores a three-pointer in her American-Chinese basketball play

June 6, 2018 9:30 pm

Dan Cody’s Yacht: Early Admissions, Good Intentions

Casey Whyland and Kristen Bush in Dan Cody's Yacht. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★☆☆ Opportunity and privilege collide in Anthony Giardina’s likably intelligent but not quite convincing play

May 20, 2018 8:29 pm

Our Lady of 121st Street: The Case of the Nun’s Missing Corpse

Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Hill Harper and Deirdre Friel in Our Lady of 121st Street. Photo: Monique Carboni

★★★★☆ Pulitzer-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis takes us on a wild ride with rhapsodic crests

May 10, 2018 11:28 am

Me and My Girl: Christian Borle Will Have You Doin’ the Lambeth Walk, Oi!

Christian Borle in Me and My Girl. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★★☆ Borle Sings & Dances & Clowns as the Boy from Down Lambeth Way

May 8, 2018 8:16 pm

Dance Nation: Preteens on A Chorus Line

Members of the Cast of Dance Nation. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★★☆ Clare Barron forges new ground with her clear-eyed account of twelve-year-old girls on the cusp

April 26, 2018 7:30 pm

The Iceman Cometh: Monumental O’Neill, with Monumental Denzel

Denzel Washington and the Company of The Iceman Cometh. Photo: Julieta Cervantes

★★★★★ George C. Wolfe and a sterling cast illuminate long night’s journey of pipe dreams lost

April 22, 2018 9:19 pm

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Broadway’s Enchanted Kingdom

Sam Clemmett (center) in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Photo: Matthew Murphy

★★★★☆ J.K. Rowling’s immortal wizard vanquishes Broadway, too

April 19, 2018 9:45 pm

My Fair Lady: Sher’s New Production, Warm and Tender As It Can Be

★★★★★ Lerner and Loewe’s masterwork shines in a masterful new production

April 15, 2018 9:55 pm

Mlima’s Tale: A Monumental New Play by Lynn Nottage

Sahr Ngaujah in Mlima's Tale. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★★★ The award-winning playwright delivers a masterwork about ivory trafficking—and much more.

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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

By David Finkle

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

From Massachusetts: The Zionists, A Family Storm (And The World’s)

By Bob Verini

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

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