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July 16, 2023 10:31 am

From London: Immersive Guys & Dolls Comes Alive

The cast of Guys & Dolls. Photo by Manuel Harlan

“More I cannot wish you” than Nicholas Hytner’s take on the Loesser-Burrows classic

July 13, 2023 6:45 am

From London: Excellent Look at Motives and Cues of the Burton-Gielgud Hamlet

A backstage view of the legendary Burton-Gielgud Hamlet, from Jack Thorne and Sam Mendes

July 11, 2023 10:04 pm

From London: Brokeback Mountain Takes the Stage and Breaks Your Heart

Lucas Hedges and Mike Faist inhabit Ashley Robinson’s gutsy adaptation of the Annie Proulx tale

July 9, 2023 11:00 am

From Stratford, Ontario: The Plays – and the People – Are the Thing

Stephen Jackman-Torkoff and ensemble in Richard II. Photo by David Hou

The Stratford Festival does Canada proud with a range of offerings, including wildly innovative approaches to Shakespeare

May 10, 2023 11:20 am

From Boston: Taylor Mac Displays a Soulful Change-of-Pace with Joy and Pandemic

Stacy Fischer, Breezy Leigh, and Ryan Winkles in Joy and Pandemic. Photo by T Charles Erickson

★★★★☆ Taylor Mac surprises with an Ibsenesque take on a long-ago plague parallel to our own

March 2, 2023 8:10 pm

Disney’s Hercules: Olympian Musical Takes the Stage, at Paper Mill

★★★☆☆ Lear deBessonet directs the Alan Menken-David Zippel musical featuring Bradley Gibson, James Monroe Iglehart, Shuler Hensley and Isabelle McCalla

December 15, 2022 7:42 am

From Connecticut: Christmas in Connecticut, With Tidings of Comfort

Raymond J. Lee, Audrey Cardwell, Melvin Tunstall III and Rashidra Scott in Christmas in Connecticut. Photo credit: Diane Sobolewski

★★★☆☆ Musicalization of the 1945 holiday classic is easy to swallow, like a good eggnog

November 23, 2022 10:00 pm

Remembering Michael Feingold

michael feingold

A link to the final columns of the esteemed critic and our beloved colleague

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

November 6, 2022 6:00 am

From Boston: Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard in High-Tech Makeover

Mikhail Baryshnikov in The Orchard. Photo by Maria Baranova

★★★☆☆ Ukrainian artist Igor Golyak plays fast and loose with a classic text, to intriguing if mixed results (with Baryshnikov)

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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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