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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   

May 6, 2022 4:54 pm

Into the Woods: Sondheim Leads Encores Out of Darkness

★★★★☆ Sarah Bareilles, Neil Patrick Harris, Gavin Creel, and more head the cast of Lear deBessonet’s delightful production

May 2, 2022 9:54 pm

A Case for the Existence of God: Compellingly Good, from Samuel D. Hunter

★★★★★ David Cromer directs Kyle Beltran and Will Brill in dynamic new American play

April 28, 2022 12:31 pm

From Paris: Tartuffe Stripped Bare (Literally) by Ivo van Hove

The Comédie-Française presents a stunningly vibrant new/old version of the classic comedy

April 27, 2022 12:49 pm

John Pizzarelli: Songs of Stage and Screen, at the Carlyle

The jazz great and his guitar make a most welcome return to New York’s most celebrated nightclub

April 6, 2022 10:25 pm

Suffs: New Musical Wins by a Landslide

★★★★★ Shaina Taub writes and stars in an exciting new musical saluting a band of forgotten but exceptional American heroes

March 24, 2022 3:42 pm

To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim

A personal salute to the Master, exceptionally performed

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