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April 21, 2022 9:23 pm

Hangmen: Gallows Humor, Literally

★★★★☆ David Threlfall and Alfie Allen appear in the Broadway premiere of Martin McDonagh’s darkly funny, Olivier Award-winning play

April 20, 2022 8:54 pm

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: Enuf, and More

★★★★★ Ntozake Shange’s gloriously mad poems, directed by Camille A. Brown with a colorful seven-women cast

April 19, 2022 8:54 pm

How I Learned to Drive: Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer-Prize-Winner Returns in Highest Gear

★★★★★ Original stars Mary Louise Parker and David Morse, and director Mark Brokaw resume their assignments

April 19, 2022 8:53 pm

How I Learned to Drive: Costly Lessons in Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Winner

★★★★☆ In the play’s long overdue Broadway premiere, original stars Mary-Louise Parker and David Morse and director Mark Brokaw mine its wry humor and horror

April 17, 2022 9:55 pm

The Minutes: Daring in Both Style and Substance

★★★★☆ Tracy Letts’ imperfect but provocative new play uses a small town city council meeting to explore big ideas.

April 17, 2022 9:54 pm

The Minutes: So Much Promise, So Little Payoff

The Minutes Tracy Letts Noah Reid

★★☆☆☆ Tracy Letts’ new play is part satire, part black comedy, and all head-scratcher

April 14, 2022 9:55 pm

American Buffalo: Mamet’s Classic is in Mint Condition

★★★★☆ Sam Rockwell, Laurence Fishburne and Darren star in this superbly acted Broadway revival of Mamet’s 1975 drama.

April 14, 2022 9:00 pm

Cyrano de Bergerac: James McAvoy As a Swoon-Worthy Swashbuckling Poet

James McAvoy Evelyn Miller Eben Figueiredo

★★★★★ The Jamie Lloyd Company reinvents Rostand’s nosey Frenchman for the 21st century

April 11, 2022 8:56 pm

The Little Prince: Gallic Whimsy Doesn’t Translate

★★☆☆☆ This dance and acrobatics-filled adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s classic novella arrives on Broadway for a limited engagement.

April 10, 2022 7:56 pm

Birthday Candles: A Quirky Time-Hopping Rom-Com

Enrico Colantoni Debra Messing Birthday Candles

★★★☆☆ Debra Messing ages 90 years—playing a daughter, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother—in a 90-minute play

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Kenrex: A True Crime Thriller Boasting Rollercoaster Thrills

By David Finkle

★★★★★ Actor Jack Holden and writer/director Ed Stambolloulian hit the bull's eye with Kenrex

Kenrex: True Crime Time in Flyover Country

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ An English import showcases Jack Holden’s Olivier Award-winning performance as an ugly American

The Lost Boys: Vampire Musical Lacks Bite

By Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Michael Arden directs this lavish musical adaptation of the 1987 cult film about a teenage boy who falls in with a gang of bloodsuckers.

The Lost Boys: Bite, But Not Enough Blood

By Roma Torre

★★★☆☆ Broadway sinks its teeth into the 1987 vampire movie and emerges with a visually thrilling if not so scary musical

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