★★★★★ Nikki M. James, Grace McLean, Jenn Colella, Emily Skinner, and an exceptional cast spark this new musical about the battle for equal voting rights in America, circa 1915
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Suffs: The Brilliant New Musical That Demands to be Heard
★★★★★ Shaina Taub’s suffs are young, scrappy and hungry in their heroic battle to win the vote.
The Wiz: Revival Doesn’t Ease Down the Road Easily
★★★☆☆ Nichelle Lewis is Dorothy in Amber Ruffin’s revamping of the audience favorite
The Wiz: Not an Oz-Picious Revival
★★☆☆☆ A revival’s choices elicit more head-scratching than cheering
Lempicka: Admired Artist Tamara de Lempicka Musicalized, With Limited Artistry
★★★☆☆ Eden Espinosa stars in Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould’s tuner, directed by Rachel Chavkin
Lempicka: A Paint-by-Numbers Old-School Musical
★★☆☆☆ Daubed with broad strokes, this sweeping bio-musical proves at once arty and inept.
The Outsiders: The Popular Novel and Film is Now a Killer Musical
★★★★☆ The S. E. Hinton classic gets the Broadway treatment courtesy of a gang of talented young guns led by director Danya Taymor.
The Outsiders: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
★★★☆☆ The classic YA novel, previously made into a hit 1983 film, has been unconvincingly adapted as a Broadway musical.
Two Shades of Ibsen: Old Henrik Inspires New Works by Herzog and Busch
The Norwegian Father of Realism spawns a pair of contrasting plays on and off Broadway
The Who’s Tommy: A Rock Classic Is Triumphantly Reborn
★★★★★ Des McAnuff revisits his staging of a rock’n’roll milestone, and finds new meaning and depth