★★★★★ Audra McDonald brilliantly brings to life a masterful examination of bigotry and violence by a 91-year-old Broadway novice
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Ain’t No Mo’: Jordan E. Cooper Writes a First-Rate Political Comedy Revue
★★★★★ A funny, frightening, and important new play on today’s Black-lash
Ain’t No Mo’: Four Centuries of Oppression, packed with Pathos – and Laughs
★★★★★ Traversing the entire Black experience in the U.S., “Mo’” is a bumpy ride – one you don’t want to miss.
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