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October 17, 2021 8:49 pm

American Utopia: The Joyous Theatrical Concert We Still Need

★★★★★ The former frontman of the Talking Heads returns with his Tony Award-winning show of music and dance.

October 17, 2021 8:00 pm

Dana H.: Deirdre O’Connell Triumphs in a Survivor Story

Deirdre OConnell in DANA H

★★★★☆ Lucas Hnath’s 75-minute docudrama uses his mother’s experience—and her voice—to tell her terrifying story

October 17, 2021 7:59 pm

Dana H.: Deirdre O’Connell Brilliant in Lucas Hnath’s Portrait of His Mother

★★★★☆ A lip-synched verbatim account on the five-month-long kidnapping of the playwright’s mother.

October 14, 2021 9:20 pm

The Lehman Trilogy: Astonishing Sam Mendes Production Finally Reaches Broadway

★★★★★ Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Adrian Lester altogether triumphant as the Brothers Lehman

October 14, 2021 9:19 pm

The Lehman Trilogy: Sam Mendes’ landmark production makes a triumphant Broadway debut.

★★★★★ Adam Godley, Simon Russell Beale and Adrian Lester deliver stupendous performances in this brilliantly staged, decades-spanning theatrical saga.

October 13, 2021 8:20 pm

Thoughts of a Colored Man: Seven Men Splendidly Declare Who/Why They Are

★★★★★ Keenan Scott II’s new play delves into the complex and cogent subject of Black men’s lives mattering

October 13, 2021 8:19 pm

Thoughts of a Colored Man: The Debut of an Important New Dramatic Voice

★★★★☆ Keenan Scott II’s poetic drama resonates with urgency and heart.

October 11, 2021 8:50 pm

Is This A Room: Reality Winner Speaks Her Truth

Becca Blackwell Will Cobbs Pete Simpson Emily Davis in Is This A Room

★★★★☆ The FBI interrogation of an unlikely whistleblower yields a powerful docudrama

October 11, 2021 8:49 pm

Is This A Room: Chilling Verbatim FBI Investigation Into Government Whistleblower

★★★★☆ Conceiver-director Tina Satter’s careful replication of shocking case, with Emily Davis as suspect Reality Winner

October 10, 2021 8:50 pm

Chicken & Biscuits: Dysfunctional Family Becomes Beautifully Functional

★★★★☆ Douglas Lyons’s dramedy brought to pulsing life by director Zhailon Levingston and top-notch cast

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

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

Birthright: Political and Personal Issues Intersect to Powerful Effect

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ The new play by Jonathan Spector ("Eureka Day") depicts the reunions over two decades of a group of friends who met on a Birthright trip to Israel.

A Walk on the Moon: A Musical Tribute to Enduring Marriage Vows

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 film, Annmarie Milazzo adds the tuneful score

From Massachusetts: The Zionists, A Family Storm (And The World’s)

By Bob Verini

★★★☆☆ Amidst a hurricane, a Jewish family hashes out Israel and Palestine, solving little but revealing plenty

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Melanie Moore in Black Swan. Photo by Hawver and Hall

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