★★★★☆ Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano make their own mark in the first Broadway revival of this modern classic
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True West: Sam Shepard’s Brotherhood of Man
★★★★☆ Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano are excellent in a revival that’s still shadowed by its previous staging
Choir Boy: Tarell Alvin McCraney Reaches Broadway, Finally
★★★★★ McCraney’s prep school play is rousing and intensely spiritual entertainment
Choir Boy: Make a Joyful Noise
★★★★☆ Oscar-winner Tarell Alvin McCraney makes his long-awaited Broadway debut with this 2013 coming-of-age drama
To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee’s Classic Makes Magnificent Theater
★★★★★ Atticus, Scout, Jem and the rest exquisitely reimagined by Aaron Sorkin and Bartlett Sher
To Kill A Mockingbird: A Timeless Favorite, Revered and Reborn
★★★★★ Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher reintroduce Harper Lee’s beloved work as a play for our times, or any other
Ruben & Clay’s Christmas Show: American Idols Reunite for the Holidays
★★☆☆☆ Former rivals Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken get together to vocalize holiday songs
Network: Maddening As Hell
★★☆☆☆ To quote Paddy Chayefsky’s Oscar-winning screenplay, this Network messes with the primal forces of nature
Network: Ivo van Hove Brings the 1976 Oscar-Winning Film Glaringly to the Stage
★★★☆☆ Bryan Cranston plays Paddy Chayevsky’s addled newscaster Howard Beale amid all sorts of distracting goings-on
The Cher Show: Truly Turning Back Time With a Singular Superstar
★★★★☆ It takes three performers to portray the one-and-only Cher in a wildly entertaining jukebox show