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Steven Suskin

April 26, 2023 9:53 pm

New York, New York: Little Town Blues Lost in Big City

★★☆☆☆ High-grade dancing and talented cast weighed down by the plotting of this Kander-Miranda-Stroman melting pot musical

April 19, 2023 9:54 pm

Peter Pan Goes Wrong: Heap o’ Corny, Cheesy Mayhem Goes Right

★★★★☆ The Play That Goes Wrong mischief makers bring their latest to the Barrymore, eliciting guffaws and boos, with pirates, too!

April 13, 2023 9:24 pm

Camelot: Revival Offers One, and Only One, Brief Shining Moment

★★☆☆☆ The Lerner & Loewe musical is unable to live up to its reputation in this Sher & Sorkin revision

March 31, 2023 10:00 am

According to the Chorus: Advice from Backstage, with a Few Too Many Strands

★★★☆☆ Karen Ziemba cracks wise in Arlene Hutton’s backstage comedy

March 16, 2023 9:56 pm

Parade: Ben Platt Turns Provocative Musical into Surefire Hit

Micaela Diamond and Ben Platt in Parade. Photo by Joan Marcus

★★★★★ Micaela Diamond shares the accolades in the Jason Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry musical, directed by Michael Arden

March 9, 2023 8:25 pm

A Doll’s House: Jessica Chastain Slams the Door, Without Scenery

★★★★☆ Director Jamie Lloyd brings his stark production of Amy Herzog’s modernistic adaptation to the Hudson

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

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★★★★★ Daniel Sullivan directs with his standard skill, Raúl Esparza, Lily Rabe head superb cast

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