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April 23, 2024 8:56 pm

Mary Jane: Rachel McAdams, Suffering with a Smile

★★★★☆ The movie star makes her Broadway debut in Amy Herzog’s award-winning drama about a mother caring for a seriously ill child.

April 22, 2024 8:00 pm

The Heart of Rock and Roll: Huey Lewis Has Broadway Hearts Beating

★★★★☆ Gordon Greenberg directs, and Lorin Latarro choreographs, a nifty book by Jonathan A. Abrams

April 22, 2024 5:25 pm

Patriots: Russian History Rendered with Shakespearean Theatricality

★★★★☆ Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen star in Peter Morgan’s drama about the war of wills between a Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin.

April 22, 2024 5:24 pm

Patriots: A Startling Autocrat-Oligarch Exposé

★★★★☆ Peter Morgan’s explosive drama, with Rupert Goold directing the astonishing Michael Stuhlbarg

April 21, 2024 9:25 pm

Cabaret: Immersive, Ambitious, All Too Timely

Gayle Rankin in Cabaret

★★★★☆ The August Wilson Theatre has been transformed into the Kit Kat Club. Would you like to buy a girl a drink?

April 21, 2024 9:24 pm

Cabaret: Come for the Pre-Show, and Oh, There’s Also the Musical

★★★★☆ Eddie Redmayne plays the Emcee in this Broadway transfer of the heralded, immersive London production.

April 20, 2024 11:56 pm

Hell’s Kitchen: Alicia Keys’ Life Inspires a Swell Musical

Shoshana Bean and Maleah Joi Moon in Hell's Kitchen. Photo by Marc J. Franklin

★★★☆☆ A tender coming-of-age extravaganza, with characters to root for and music to die for

April 20, 2024 11:55 pm

Hell’s Kitchen: Welcome to Alicia Keys’ New York

Maleah Joi Moon in Hells Kitchen on Broadway

★★★☆☆ The 16-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter brings her music and her vision to Broadway

April 19, 2024 11:55 pm

Stereophonic: We’re With the Band

Stereophonic Broadway

★★★★★ David Adjmi and Will Butler’s studio-set play moves to Broadway with a cast in perfect harmony and every note intact

April 19, 2024 11:54 pm

Stereophonic: Birthing a Rock Album With Playfulness and Passion

The cast of Stereophonic. Photo by Julieta Cervantes

★★★★★ David Adjmi takes us behind the music to reveal how the magic gets made

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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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