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January 23, 2025 9:26 pm

English: Speaking a Universal Language, in a Broadway Premiere

★★★★☆ Sanaz Toosi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play feels newly richer in this Roundabout production

January 23, 2025 9:25 pm

English: Pulitzer-Winning Play Translates Well on Broadway

★★★★☆ Playwright Sanaz Toossi schools us on what it means to be a stranger in a strange language

December 22, 2024 7:58 pm

All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich — Story Hour with Broadway Prices

★★★☆☆ A changing quartet of notable performers including John Mulaney and Lin-Manuel Miranda read comic pieces by humorist Simon Rich in this Broadway show staged by Alex Timbers.

December 22, 2024 7:57 pm

All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich — Hit & Miss Revue

★★★☆☆ John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Kind in an amusing evening

December 19, 2024 11:59 pm

Gypsy: Hold Your Hats and Hallelujah

★★★★☆ Stephen Sondheim said “there’s not a moment” in this quintessential American musical “that isn’t entertaining.” We have to agree.

December 19, 2024 11:58 pm

Gypsy: Everything’s Coming Up Audra

★★★★☆ New production of fabled masterwork lights the lights and hits the heights

December 16, 2024 7:57 pm

Eureka Day: Woke’s the Word in Jonathan Spector’s Timely Comedy

★★★★★ Bill Irwin, Jessica Hecht and company bring great distinction to the Broadway season

December 16, 2024 7:56 pm

Eureka Day: To Vax or Not to Vax

★★★☆☆ Bill Irwin and Jessica Hecht head the ensemble in Jonathan Spector’s comedy about the board of directors of a private elementary school embroiled in a conflict about vaccination.

December 12, 2024 9:57 pm

Cult of Love: Leslye Headland Takes On, and Takes Down, Family and Religion

Cult of Love

★★★★☆ Nothing says Christmas like squabbling siblings, screaming matches, and folk songs with four-part harmonies.

December 12, 2024 9:56 pm

Cult of Love: They’ll Be Home for Christmas, If Not So Dreamily

Chris Lowell, Barbie Ferreira, Roberta Colindrez, Rebecca Henderson, Christopher Sears, Shailene Woodley, Mare Winningham and David Rasche in Cult of Love. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★★☆☆ Zachary Quinto heads the ensemble for Leslye Headland’s new play

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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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