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October 10, 2023 7:58 am

Now You Know; or, How to Make ‘Merrily’ Roll Along

★★★★★ Led by Daniel Radcliffe, Lindsay Mendez, and Jonathan Groff, the onetime Sondheim failure is now—finally—a palpable Broadway hit

October 10, 2023 7:57 am

Merrily We Roll Along: Feel the Flow, Hear What’s Happening

Merrily We Roll Along Old Friends

★★★★★ More than 40 years after its debut, the infamous Sondheim-Furth flop gets Broadway redemption

October 3, 2023 8:56 pm

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding: Tressed to Impress

Jaja Rachel and Zenzi

★★★★☆ Jocelyn Bioh makes her Broadway debut with a celebration of an unsung art and its exceptional artists

October 3, 2023 8:55 pm

Jaja’s African Hair Braiding: Harlem Braids May Not Be Tight Enough

★★★☆☆ Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy with belated pathos is well played and well directed by Whitney White

September 28, 2023 8:57 pm

Melissa Etheridge–My Window: This Is M.E.

Melissa Etheridge

★★★★☆ The award-winning singer-songwriter brings her confessional bio-musical to Broadway

September 28, 2023 8:56 pm

Melissa Etheridge–My Window: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Icon Tells All, Sells All

★★★★☆ An onstage musical memoir, co-written with Linda Wallem Etheridge, Amy Tinkham directs

September 27, 2023 9:54 pm

Purlie Victorious: Wickedly Funny, Politically Provocative Antebellum Satire

★★★★★ Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young in director Kenny Leon’s blazing production of the ground-breaking Ossie Davis comedy

September 27, 2023 9:53 pm

‘Purlie Victorious’ A Revival That Lives Up to Its Title

★★★★☆ Leslie Odom Jr. plays the title role in Kenny Leon’s revival of Ossie Davis’ 1961 racial satire, also featuring Kara Young and Jay O. Sanders.

August 20, 2023 7:54 pm

El Mago Pop: European, Vegas-Style Magic on Broadway

★★★☆☆ Antonio Diaz, “Europe’s highest-grossing illusionist,” makes his Broadway debut with a lavish show of illusions small and large.

August 20, 2023 7:53 pm

El Mago Pop: Illusionist Antonio Díaz Has the Magic Touch

★★★★☆ Already an international sensation, the sleight-of-hand entertainer, conquers B’way

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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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