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June 16, 2022 9:20 pm

The Orchard: Anton Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard Spectacularly Reimagined

★★★★☆ Director Igor Golyak and outstanding creative team at strong work, with Jessica Hecht, Mikhail Barishnikov featured

June 9, 2022 8:00 pm

Lessons in Survival: 1971: James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni Eloquently Talk Race

★★★☆☆ The Commissary puts an enthralling 1971 interview onstage, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Crystal Dickinson featured

June 8, 2022 8:00 pm

Snow in Midsummer: Updated Chinese Ghost Tale of Injustices Hits Drifts

★★★☆☆ Playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig takes on a 13th-century dramatist, with Zi Alikhan directing a hard-working cast

June 2, 2022 9:30 pm

…what the end will be: A Black, Very Gay Family Cleverly Handles Ends and Means

★★★★☆ Mansa Ra’s comedy-drama with Margo Bordelon directing an outstanding cast, headed by Keith Randolph Smith

June 1, 2022 9:00 pm

Dreaming Zenzile: Strongly Remembering Miriam Makeba in 29 Songs

★★★★☆ Somi Kakoma writes and appears in a tribute to the legendary singer, with Lileana Blain-Cruz directing

May 29, 2022 6:26 pm

Girl From the North Country: Bob Dylan Musical Remains Superb

★★★★★ Conor McPherson writes, directs a first-rate production about the Depression with large, strong ensemble

May 22, 2022 8:10 pm

Who Killed My Father: A Gregarious Gay Son Faces His Macho Dad and the World

★★★☆☆ Edouard Louis adapts his tough memoir about a troubled boyhood, Thomas Ostermeier directing

May 19, 2022 8:01 pm

Belfast Girls: Five Irish Orphans Brave the 1850 High Seas

★★★★☆ Taki McGarrick’s eye-opening historical play, directed by Nicola Murphy, with a quintet of superlative actors

May 16, 2022 8:22 pm

A Walk on the Moon: An Inviting Musical About an Illicit Summer Romance

★★★★☆ Screenwriter Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 movie, with songs by Paul Scott Goodman and AnnMarie Milazzo

May 12, 2022 6:53 pm

The Vagrant Trilogy: Vivid Lives of a Conflicted Palestinian Poetry Scholar

★★★★☆ Mona Mansour’s three-acter, directed by Mark Wing-Davey, with a vibrantly versatile six-member cast

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By Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Montreal's 7 Fingers physical theater troupe visits PAC NYC in lower Manhattan

Kafka: The Beloved, Truly Awesome Writer, Brilliantly Conjured

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★★★★☆ Writer-Performer Jack Klaff pays profound, tireless homage to the Prague master, Colin Watkeys, directing

Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Extremely Smart in Smart Jamie Wax Character Study

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★★★★☆ Sarna Lapine directs the six-time Emmy winner soloing as a talented but oppressed trailer-park housewife

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★★★☆☆ The 'Hacks' star takes the Broadway stage solo, as an abused trailer park wife who just wants to write

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