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June 28, 2018 4:34 pm

Songs for a New World: Reach for the ‘Stars’

Shoshana Bean Songs for a New World

★★★☆☆ Jason Robert Brown fans rejoice! The Tony-winning composer’s first work is getting the Encores! treatment.

June 27, 2018 9:00 pm

Girls & Boys: You Just Can’t Look Away

Carey Mulligan Girls and Boys

★★★★☆ Oscar and Tony nominee Carey Mulligan captivates in a gritty one-woman drama from Matilda scribe Dennis Kelly.

June 25, 2018 10:00 pm

Cyprus Avenue: Where Pride & Prejudice Meet

Stephen Rea Cyprus Avenue

★★☆☆☆ Did you hear the one about the baby who looked like Gerry Adams? Cyprus Avenue is a black comedy in search of a weighty punch line.  

June 19, 2018 4:12 am

Pass Over: A Bruised, Broken Tale of Black Life

Namir Smallwood and Gabriel Ebert in Pass Over

★★★★☆ Antoinette Nwandu’s modern-day mash-up of Godot and Exodus pulls no punches when it comes to police violence.

June 18, 2018 9:16 pm

Othello: Moor Than Meets the Eye

Othello in Central Park

★★★★☆ Chukwudi Iwuji and Corey Stoll wrestle with the green-eyed monster in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Othello.

June 7, 2018 8:30 pm

Fruit Trilogy: A Woman Is Not a Piece of Fruit

Liz Mikel and Kiersey Clemons

★★★☆☆ Attention must be paid to Eve Ensler’s newest works, but your patience will be tested during this dissonant trio of shorts

May 14, 2018 10:01 pm

Paradise Blue: Striving for That Perfect Note

Kristolyn Lloyd and J. Alphonse Nicholson in Paradise Blue

★★★★☆ Dominique Morisseau wraps up her Detroit trilogy with a jazzy ode to the city’s once-thriving entertainment district

May 13, 2018 8:30 pm

Long Day’s Journey Into Night: Drunk Family History

Jeremy Irons and Lesley Manville in Long Day’s Journey Into Night

★★★★☆ Lesley Manville’s performance in Eugene O’Neill’s wrenching family drama will leave you on a morphine-like high

May 3, 2018 7:01 pm

Unexpected Joy: A Show Paved With Good Intentions

Luba Mason and Celeste Rose in Unexpected Joy

★★☆☆☆ A four-character, all-female musical at the York Theatre is an Unexpected disappointment

May 2, 2018 7:00 pm

A Brief History of Women: 1 Man, 1 House, 60 Years

Brief History of Women by Alan Ayckbourn

★★★☆☆ Alan Ayckbourn’s 81st is short on substance and long on style, but nevertheless a treat for his fans

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David Copperfield: Pint-Sized Version Offers Tarnished Brass

By Steven Suskin

★★☆☆☆ This three-player Brits Off Broadway version from the Guildford Shakespeare Company disappoints

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★★☆☆☆ Julia May Jonas puts a feminist spin on the Miller classic and comes up short.

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