★★★★★ Traversing the entire Black experience in the U.S., “Mo’” is a bumpy ride – one you don’t want to miss.
Broadway
A Beautiful Noise: Reaching Out, Touching Neil Diamond, Touching You
★★★☆☆ Will Swenson shines in flashy bio-musical salute to the singer-songwriter with a voice like “gravel wrapped in velvet”
A Beautiful Noise: Neil Diamond on the Couch
★★★☆☆ Will Swenson and Mark Jacoby play the younger and the older versions of the pop star recalling his life through his songs in this jukebox musical.
KPOP: The Musical About the Korean Pop Music Phenomenon Doesn’t Translate Well to Broadway.
★★★☆☆ The acclaimed Off-Broadway production feels glossier but slighter in its new incarnation.
A Christmas Carol: Jefferson Mays Plays Scrooge, and Everyone Else.
★★★★☆ Mays delivers a tour-de-force performance in this theatrically dazzling one-person version of Dickens’ holiday classic.
A Christmas Carol: Jefferson Mays Gift-Wraps Charles Dickens, Astonishingly So
★★★★★ The many-times-told classic, tied with glittering ribbons by a highly creative production team
Sandra: A Mystery Tale, Delivered in Storytelling Fashion
★★★☆☆ Marjan Neshat stars in David Cale’s one-person play about a woman who goes to Mexico in search of her missing friend.
& Juliet: Candy-Colored Glitter-Bomb Musical Romp
★★★★☆ The hit London musical arrives on Broadway with cannons of confetti and a catalog full of chart-toppers
& Juliet: Shakespeare Reimagined with Earworm-Heavy Pop Hits
★★★★☆ This Broadway musical featuring dozens of pop hits from the catalogue of songwriter/producer Max Martin imagines what might have happened if Juliet didn’t die.
The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Laps Up Laughs, and How!
★★★★☆ Life, death, and the pursuit of pizza in Brooklyn