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April 3, 2025 11:57 pm

Good Night, and Good Luck: Movie-to-Stage-to-Video

★★★☆☆ George Clooney makes his Broadway debut in this stage adaptation of the 2005 film which he directed, co-wrote and appeared in.

March 31, 2025 11:29 pm

Glengarry Glen Ross: Good Leads, but the Production Doesn’t Quite Close

★★★★☆ A star-studded cast performs in the latest revival of David Mamet’s testosterone-laden classic.

March 31, 2025 11:28 pm

Glengarry Glen Ross: The Stars are Mostly Selling It

★★★★☆ Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk and Bill Burr lead a starry revival of David Mamet’s best play.

March 27, 2025 9:58 pm

The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Masterpiece from Page to Stage

★★★★★ Succession’s Sarah Snook is brilliant as everyone in a wild adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s prophetic novel

March 27, 2025 9:57 pm

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Sarah Snook Slays with Multiple Selfies and Multimedia Screens

★★★☆☆ Oscar Wilde’s tale is distilled as a succession of images reflecting a beauty with a beastly ego

March 23, 2025 11:59 pm

Othello: For This Revival, the Stars Are the Thing

★★★☆☆ Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal star in Kenny Leon’s Broadway production of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

March 23, 2025 11:58 pm

Othello: Gyllenhaal Slays in the Great Tragedy

★★★★☆ Kenny Leon helms a first rate company led by Jake Gyllenhaal and Denzel Washington in the title role.

March 20, 2025 9:58 pm

Operation Mincemeat: Satirical Wartime Musical Successfully Invades Broadway

★★★★☆ London hit written and played by genius group SpitLip, directed by Robert Hastie, choreographed by Jenny Arnold

March 20, 2025 9:57 pm

Operation Mincemeat: A Comical Slice of World War II Lore

★★★★☆ A screwball musical from London rolls onto Broadway

March 19, 2025 9:58 pm

Buena Vista Social Club: ¡Qué Gran Fiesta!

The Broadway company of Buena Vista Social Club. Photo by Matthew Murray

★★★★★ A classic documentary on Afro-Cuban musical greats is transformed into a sparkling Broadway delight

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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

From Massachusetts: The Zionists, A Family Storm (And The World’s)

By Bob Verini

★★★☆☆ Amidst a hurricane, a Jewish family hashes out Israel and Palestine, solving little but revealing plenty

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Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

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