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Bernardo

March 10, 2019 8:46 pm

Be More Chill: A Sci-Fi Musical for Generation Z

Isabelle Huppert in The Mother. Photo: Ahron R. Foster.

★★★★☆ Joe Iconis’ internet sensation, a musical for the iGeneration, finally makes its way to Broadway

March 7, 2019 9:00 pm

Chick Flick the Musical: The Wineglass Is Half Empty

Chick flick cast

★★☆☆☆ How many Chardonnay jokes can you fit into one show? You’re about to find out.

March 5, 2019 8:02 pm

“Daddy”: A Drama With a Few Issues

Daddy cast

★★★☆☆ Alan Cumming stars as a wealthy art collector with a much-younger companion in Jeremy O. Harris’ provocative new play

February 28, 2019 9:56 pm

Superhero: Waiting for Takeoff

Kate Baldwin Kyle McArthur in Superhero

★★★☆☆ Tom Kitt and John Logan’s new musical is firmly earthbound. Where’s a caped crusader when you need him?

February 25, 2019 10:00 pm

Boesman and Lena: Don’t Call Them Rubbish

Boesman and Lena

★★★★☆ A troubling but worthwhile trip back to Athol Fugard’s apartheid-era South Africa

February 21, 2019 9:20 pm

Fiddler on the Roof: A New Tradition

Steven Skybell Jennifer Babiak

★★★★☆ Nothing is lost in translation in the heart-wrenching Yiddish-language tale of Tevye, his daughters, and the tiny town of Anatevka

February 19, 2019 9:56 pm

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark: She’s Quite a Character

Dukes and Simms in Vera Stark

★★★☆☆ Part screwball comedy, part post-doctoral thesis, Lynn Nottage’s 8-year-old play still hasn’t solved its identity crisis

February 14, 2019 9:59 pm

Sea Wall / A Life: Meditations on Life and Death

Jake Gyllenhaal in A Life

★★★☆☆ Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a pair of somber, sometimes rewarding monologues by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne

February 12, 2019 9:00 pm

Freestyle Love Supreme: Where Hip Hop, Improv, and Comedy Meet

Freestyle Love Supreme

★★★★☆ The hip hop improv troupe cofounded by Lin-Manuel Miranda reunites for an off-Broadway run (with a few special guests)

January 9, 2019 3:26 pm

Under the Radar: Minor Character, [50/50] old school animation

Minor Character by New Saloon

★★★★ Chekhov’s ubiquitous Vanya gets shaken and stirred
★★ Women endure emotional torture for the sake of friendship

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