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Steven Suskin

February 21, 2023 9:01 pm

A Bright New Boise: Hunter’s First Play in off-Broadway Premiere

★★★★☆ Author of The Whale and A Case for the Existence of God plants his Idaho roots in this 2010 play set in a Hobby Lobby break room  

December 12, 2022 6:58 pm

Merrily We Roll Along: Opening Doors, and How!

★★★★★ Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe star in Maria Friedman’s sterling revival of the Sondheim-Furth musical

November 13, 2022 8:53 pm

The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Laps Up Laughs, and How!

★★★★☆ Life, death, and the pursuit of pizza in Brooklyn

November 11, 2022 4:03 pm

John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey: East Side After Dark

The Café Carlyle back in full swing, with prime entertainment

November 2, 2022 1:32 pm

Parade: Triumphant Return of the Jason Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry Musical

★★★★★ Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond lead a talented cast in a stunning production of the 1998 musical

October 26, 2022 8:53 pm

Straight Line Crazy: Ralph Fiennes Is Straight Line Wonderful

★★★★★ David Hare distills the rise and fall of master builder Robert Moses

October 9, 2022 8:54 pm

Death of a Salesman: Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke Bring Classic to Broadway

★★★☆☆ Acclaimed London production of Miller masterwork is admirable but not quite exceptional in transfer

October 6, 2022 9:55 pm

1776: Founding Fathers Declare Independence, Deconstructed

★★★☆☆ The 1969 Revolutionary War musical is enhanced by the players but bloated by ineffective tinkering

October 2, 2022 9:52 pm

Leopoldstadt: Stoppard Examines His Roots, in Extraordinary Fashion  

★★★★★ The philosophically loquacious playwright switches gears with a gripping personal chronicle

June 7, 2022 9:52 pm

The Bedwetter: A Laughing Matter, from Sarah Silverman

★★★★☆  Wickedly funny new musical about a sharp-tongued pre-teen with issues demonstrates growing pains   

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