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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

April 18, 2019 7:20 pm

Hillary and Clinton: Peering Inside the Private Lives of a Power Couple

Laurie Metcalf in Hillary and Clinton. Photo: Julieta Cervantes

★★★★☆ Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow superbly depict a dynamic duo

April 17, 2019 8:51 pm

Hadestown: Anaïs Mitchell’s Myths and Hymns, from Way Downtown

Reeve Carney, left, and Eva Noblezada in Hadestown,/i>. Photo: Matthew Murphy.

★★★★☆ Internationally acclaimed folk opera arrives on Broadway, under Rachel Chavkin’s direction

April 17, 2019 8:50 pm

Hadestown: Red, Hot, and Bluesy Score Fuels a Trip to Hell and Back

Patrick Page and Amber Gray make a hellish couple in Hadestown. Photo: Matthew Murphy

★★★★☆ Songwriter Anaïs Mitchell makes an impressive Broadway bow with an infernal musical

April 16, 2019 9:26 pm

Burn This: Keri Russell and Adam Driver Lack Sizzle

David Furr Keri Russell Brandon Uranowitz in Burn This

★★★☆☆ Keri Russell and Adam Driver play unlikely lovers in the first Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson’s play

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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

From Cambridge, MA: Black Swan, Tu-Tu Thrilling

★★★★☆ Classy musicalization of a psychosexual cinethriller uses human and technical legerdemain to spellbind

Well, I’ll Let You Go: Coping with Grief, Magnificently

★★★★★ Quincy Tyler Bernstine gives a whirlwind performance in a stunning new play by Bubba Weiler

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone: Revival of Wilson’s Drama About “Finding Your Song” Mostly Sings

★★★★☆ Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson star in Debbie Allen's revival of August Wilson's modern classic.

Death of a Salesman: More Relevant Than Ever

★★★★★ Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf and Christopher Abbott star in Joe Mantello's emotionally searing revival.

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★★★★★ You’ll be feline good after this ultra-glam Broadway-meets-ballroom production

Giant: Antisemitism Laid Bare

★★★★☆ John Lithgow plays famed author Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt’s play directed by Nicholas Hytner

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