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April 25, 2019 8:45 pm

Beetlejuice: Tim Burton’s 1988 Cult Film Kinda Musicalized

★★★☆☆ Alex Brightman is the major bright spot in Alex Timber’s stage transfer

April 24, 2019 9:46 pm

Ink: Rupert Murdoch Against the World (and The Mirror)

★★★★★ Bertie Carvel and Jonny Lee Miller star in a thrilling, real-life newspaper yarn

April 24, 2019 9:45 pm

Ink: Springtime for Murdoch

Jonny Lee Miller, left, and Bertie Carvel in Ink. Photo: Joan Marcus.

★★★★☆ James Graham’s new play traces the rise of the British tabloid that helped launch a global media empire

April 23, 2019 9:31 pm

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

April 23, 2019 9:30 pm

Tootsie: They’ve Got Big Heels to Fill

Fontana Halston Tootsie

★★★★☆ The Sydney Pollack–directed ’80s movie gets a Broadway makeover courtesy of screen-to-stage musical specialist David Yazbek

April 22, 2019 8:54 pm

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

April 22, 2019 8:49 pm

All My Sons: Arthur Miller’s Still-Shattering Backyard Tragedy

Tracy Letts Annette Bening All My Sons

★★★★☆ More than 70 years after its premiere, Arthur Miller’s breakthrough drama proves as powerful (and timely) as ever

April 21, 2019 7:50 pm

Gary, A Sequel to Titus Andronicus: Bloody Brilliant

Kristine Nielsen, left, and Nathan Lane in Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus. Photo: Julia Cervantes.

★★★★★ The profane and the sublime meet—with Nathan Lane, Kristine Nielsen and Julie White—in Taylor Mac’s brilliant Broadway debut

April 21, 2019 7:49 pm

Gary, A Sequel to Titus Andronicus: Cleaning Up and Moving On, After Disaster

Nathan Lane in Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus. Photo: Julieta Cervantes

★★★★☆ Nathan Lane, Kristine Nielsen, and Julie White make art from horror, with help from Taylor Mac

April 18, 2019 7:21 pm

Hillary and Clinton: Couples Therapy, for the Audience

John Lithgow and Laurie Metcalf in Hillary and Clinton. Photo: Julieta Cervantes

★★★★☆ Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow, and what we’d like to think the power pair say behind closed doors

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Creditors: Strindberg Updated, For Better and Worse

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith star in Jen Silverman's adaptation of Strindberg's classic drama.

Creditors: Love, Marriage, and Maddening Mind Games

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Ian Rickson directs the rarely performed Strindberg work, with a refresh from playwright Jen Silverman

Goddess: A Myth-Making, Magical New Musical

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ A luminous Amber Iman casts a spell in an ambitious Kenya-set show at the Public Theater

Lights Out, Nat King Cole: Smile When Your Heart Is Breaking

By Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Dule Hill plays the title role in Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor's play with music, exploring Nat King Cole's troubled psyche.

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