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March 18, 2024 9:54 pm

An Enemy of the People: Ibsen’s Classic Trivialized with Gimmickry and Ice Cubes

★★☆☆☆ Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli star in Sam Gold’s production of Ibsen’s classic drama, adapted by Amy Herzog.

March 14, 2024 8:55 pm

The Notebook: Just Another Love Story, with Kleenex

★★★☆☆ Six actors play the two leading characters in this atmospheric musical based on the popular Nicholas Sparks novel

March 14, 2024 8:54 pm

The Notebook: A Musical Romance Made For Fans to Love

★★★☆☆ After a successful run on page and screen, the popular love story looks to score on Broadway

March 7, 2024 8:55 pm

Doubt: The Debate Rages On

Doubt

★★★★☆ Two decades later, John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play inspires as much conversation as ever

March 7, 2024 8:54 pm

Doubt: John Patrick Shanley’s Prize-Winning Play in a Blessed Revival

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★★★★☆ Scott Ellis directs Amy Ryan, Liev Schreiber, Zoe Kazan, and Quincy Tyler Bernstine to undoubted effect

January 28, 2024 8:54 pm

Days of Wine and Roses: Demon Rum Is a Suave Seducer

Brian d'Arcy James and Kelli O'Hara in Days of Wine and Roses. Photo by Joan Marcus

★★★★☆ A familiar tale of alcoholism is revitalized by authors Guettel and Lucas, focusing on the addiction rather than the cure

January 28, 2024 8:53 pm

Days of Wine and Roses: Musical on Alcoholic Sorrows Shakes and Stirs

★★★★☆ Kelli O’Hara, Brian d’Arcy James fine performances highlight Adam Guettel-Craig Lucas tuner.

January 9, 2024 9:55 pm

Prayer for the French Republic: Give Thanks for This Powerful Drama

★★★★★ Joshua Harmon’s superbly staged and acted drama arrives on Broadway after its heralded premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club.

January 9, 2024 9:54 pm

Prayer For The French Republic: Judaism takes centerstage in Joshua Harmon’s engrossing drama

★★★★☆ MTC’s excellent production explores anti-semitism with gravity, wit and heart.

December 18, 2023 9:53 pm

Appropriate: Check Your Expectations at the Door for This Brilliantly Subversive Family Drama

★★★★★ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s acclaimed play makes its Broadway debut in a revelatory staging.

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Kramer/Fauci: Friendly Adversaries Tangle Over AIDS Progress

By David Finkle

★★★★☆ Highly resourceful conceiver-director Daniel Fish gets theatrical again

Slam Frank: An Equal Opportunity Offender

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The Jewish teen author/Holocaust victim gets an audacious 21st-century musical glow-up

The Hairy Ape: The First Zoo Story

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Jon Beavers depicts a primitive man lost in the civilized world in Irish Rep’s revival of an early O’Neill classic

The Hairy Ape: Hairier Would Be Scarier

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Ciarán O'Reilly directs the revival, Jon Beavers is the supposedly gorilla-like protagonist

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Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan Will Be Your Bobby Darin From Now On

★★★★☆ Replacing Jonathan Groff, the Broadway veteran delivers a stellar turn in the musical that merits a repeat viewing.

The Saviors: What Would Jesus Do?

★★★★☆ Writer Bubba Weiler and director Jack Serio offer a tender drama of faith and friendship

Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Pure Theatrical Alchemy

★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star - Jennifer Nettles - serves up a killer new musical.

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

★★★★☆ Politics underscore but don’t overpower the character-driven epic from Jonathan Spector

Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

From Cambridge, MA: Black Swan, Tu-Tu Thrilling

★★★★☆ Classy musicalization of a psychosexual cinethriller uses human and technical legerdemain to spellbind

Death of a Salesman: More Relevant Than Ever

★★★★★ Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and Christopher Abbott star in Joe Mantello's emotionally searing revival.

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