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February 7, 2024 11:27 am

After Midnight: Joyful Revue Celebrates a Momentous Chapter in Black History

★★★★☆ The Paper Mill Playhouse dazzles with a first rate revival of Broadway’s 2014 Tony nominee for Best Musical

January 20, 2024 7:00 pm

From London: Pacific Overtures, and Thanks Be for It

★★★★☆ An intriguing and colorful staging of the 1976 Sondheim-Weidman musical, at the Menier

December 16, 2023 11:36 am

Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch: I’ll Be Home for Christmas: Holiday Cheer Spiked with Wit

The veteran performers, who have been working together for twenty years, make their 54 Below debut with this holiday-themed show.

December 5, 2023 11:44 am

Brandon Victor Dixon: Soul of Broadway at 54 Below

The musical theater star, currently appearing in “Hell’s Kitchen,” offered a set that matched the glorious range of his voice

October 24, 2023 2:02 pm

The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald’s Classic, Impressively Staged, Once Again Defies Translation

Jeremy Eva Samantha in Great Gatsby

★★★☆☆ Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada star in Paper Mill Playhouse’s Broadway-aimed musical

September 11, 2023 3:42 pm

Santino Fontana at 54 Below: Guy-Next-Door Charm, Leading Man Chops

The Tony Award-winning star brings his effortless appeal to a smaller stage

August 10, 2023 2:43 pm

Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the ’70s: The Way We Were, Joyfully Remembered

A cabaret stalwart looks back, honoring icons from Joni Mitchell to Marvin Hamlisch

July 23, 2023 8:02 am

From London: Musical Master Misses, Newcomers Offer Zan​ily Toothsome Surprise

Zoë Roberts, Jak Malone, Natasha Hodgson, David Cumming, Claire Marie Hall in Operation Mincemeat. Photo by Matt Crockett

A pale new musical from Trevor Nunn offset by a deliriously fine one by a quartet of newcomers

July 21, 2023 8:30 am

I Got the Job!: Still More Reasons to Love Lucie (Arnaz)

★★★★☆ The second-generation star buoyantly celebrates Berlin, Herman, Hamlisch, her parents and others in a return to 54 Below

July 19, 2023 10:53 am

From London: Football, The National Psyche, and Mark Rylance Too

Joseph Fiennes and ensemble in Dear England. Photo by Marc Brenner

Two history-based dramas from The National Theatre: One zings, the other doesn’t

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Creditors: Strindberg Updated, For Better and Worse

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith star in Jen Silverman's adaptation of Strindberg's classic drama.

Creditors: Love, Marriage, and Maddening Mind Games

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Ian Rickson directs the rarely performed Strindberg work, with a refresh from playwright Jen Silverman

Goddess: A Myth-Making, Magical New Musical

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ A luminous Amber Iman casts a spell in an ambitious Kenya-set show at the Public Theater

Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Smile When Your Heart Is Breaking

By Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Dule Hill plays the title role in Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor's play with music, exploring Nat King Cole's troubled psyche.

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