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March 22, 2024 3:28 pm

Leslie Uggams: Something Old, Something New, Something Wonderful

The stage and screen veteran brings her age-defying vocal power and charm to 54 Below.

March 3, 2024 8:46 pm

From New Haven: A Compassionate View From an Actual Bridge

Dominic Fumusa in A View From the Bridge. Photo by Curtis Brown

★★★★☆ Long Wharf goes on the waterfront to play Arthur Miller’s melodrama for all it’s worth

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

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Othello: Free As the Open Air

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Nick Westrate and James Udom play alpha and beta dogs in Classical Theatre of Harlem’s outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s drama

Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Politics underscore but don’t overpower the character-driven epic from Jonathan Spector

Birthright: Political and Personal Issues Intersect to Powerful Effect

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ The new play by Jonathan Spector ("Eureka Day") depicts the reunions over two decades of a group of friends who met on a Birthright trip to Israel.

A Walk on the Moon: A Musical Tribute to Enduring Marriage Vows

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 film, Annmarie Milazzo adds the tuneful score

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

★★★★☆ Politics underscore but don’t overpower the character-driven epic from Jonathan Spector

Dad Don’t Read This: 16 Going On Angst 

★★★★☆ Amalia Yoo and friends brighten the stage with Eliya Smith’s intriguing teen talk

Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

From Cambridge, MA: Black Swan, Tu-Tu Thrilling

★★★★☆ Classy musicalization of a psychosexual cinethriller uses human and technical legerdemain to spellbind

Well, I’ll Let You Go: Coping with Grief, Magnificently

★★★★★ Quincy Tyler Bernstine gives a whirlwind performance in a stunning new play by Bubba Weiler

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone: Revival of Wilson’s Drama About “Finding Your Song” Mostly Sings

★★★★☆ Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson star in Debbie Allen's revival of August Wilson's modern classic.

Death of a Salesman: More Relevant Than Ever

★★★★★ Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and Christopher Abbott star in Joe Mantello's emotionally searing revival.

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