★★★★☆ James Graham’s new play traces the rise of the British tabloid that helped launch a global media empire
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Tootsie: A Man Playing a Man Playing a Woman Playing a…
★★★★☆ Santino Fontana shines in this new David Yazbek musical, well adapted from the 1982 film
Tootsie: They’ve Got Big Heels to Fill
★★★★☆ The Sydney Pollack–directed ’80s movie gets a Broadway makeover courtesy of screen-to-stage musical specialist David Yazbek
All My Sons: Arthur Miller’s Family-Secrets Tragedy in A-Plus Revival
★★★★★ Annette Bening, Tracy Letts, Benjamin Walker outstanding under Jack O’Brien’s direction
All My Sons: Arthur Miller’s Still-Shattering Backyard Tragedy
★★★★☆ More than 70 years after its premiere, Arthur Miller’s breakthrough drama proves as powerful (and timely) as ever
Gary, A Sequel to Titus Andronicus: Bloody Brilliant
★★★★★ The profane and the sublime meet—with Nathan Lane, Kristine Nielsen and Julie White—in Taylor Mac’s brilliant Broadway debut
Gary, A Sequel to Titus Andronicus: Cleaning Up and Moving On, After Disaster
★★★★☆ Nathan Lane, Kristine Nielsen, and Julie White make art from horror, with help from Taylor Mac
Hillary and Clinton: Couples Therapy, for the Audience
★★★★☆ Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow, and what we’d like to think the power pair say behind closed doors
Hillary and Clinton: Peering Inside the Private Lives of a Power Couple
★★★★☆ Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow superbly depict a dynamic duo
Hadestown: Anaïs Mitchell’s Myths and Hymns, from Way Downtown
★★★★☆ Internationally acclaimed folk opera arrives on Broadway, under Rachel Chavkin’s direction