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January 29, 2020 9:00 pm

The Confession of Lily Dare: Charles Busch at His Best, As Always

★★★★☆ Carl Andress directs Busch, Nancy Anderson, Howard McGillin, others in heart-felt spoof

January 21, 2020 9:02 pm

A Soldier’s Play: Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer-Winner in Stunning Revival

★★★★☆ Kenny Leon directs David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood and skilled cast on race madness

January 15, 2020 7:31 pm

Boom: Rick MIller’s Solo Show and Show-Off on Baby Boom History

★★★☆☆ The writer-director-performer uses footage, pop music, numerous wigs to make his point(s)

January 13, 2020 7:15 pm

Maz and Bricks: Boy Meets Girl, Annoys Girl, Gets Girl?

★★★☆☆ Eva O’Connor joins Ciaran O’Brien in her rom-com-plus Dublin two-hander

January 13, 2020 7:00 pm

The Truth Has Changed: Josh Fox Writes (Well) and Performs (So-So)

★★★☆☆ A heated discussion about almost all of today’s turbulent real and fake news issues

January 12, 2020 7:40 pm

The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes: Becomes Luminescent

★★★★★ Scott Price, Sarah Mainwaring, Michael Chan, Simon Laherty brilliantly discuss human limitations

December 11, 2019 2:00 pm

Judgment Day: Odon von Horvath’s 1937 Anti-Mob-Rule Play Rules

★★★★☆ Richard Jones directs a Park Avenue Armory extravaganza of Christopher Shinn’s adaptation

December 10, 2019 7:00 pm

one in two: Donja R. Love Turns HIV Statistics Into Stage Warning

★★★☆☆ Edward Mawere, Leland Fowler, Jamyl Dobson act the reality of the black HIV-positive gay man

December 8, 2019 4:45 pm

One November Yankee: Harry Hamlin, Stephanie Powers Take Flight

★★★☆☆ Joshua Ravetch sketches brother-sister relationships for 80 generally amusing minutes

December 6, 2019 12:00 pm

Anything Can Happen in the Theater: Some Does, Some Doesn’t in This Revue

★★★☆☆ Songwriter Maury Yeston’s catalog romped through by director Gerard Alessandrini and deft cast

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

By David Finkle

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

Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Shines in a Dark New Play

By Roma Torre

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

Prosperous Fools: Taylor Mac Attacks, Unpersuasively

By Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ A grant-winning genius bites the philanthropic hands that feed him

Prosperous Fools: Taylor Mac Takes on Molière But Not Prosperously, Foolishly

By David Finkle

★☆☆☆☆ Darko Tresnjak directs the misguided satire, with Mac as Artist and Jason O'Connell and Sierra Boggess as other targets

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