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October 16, 2024 9:57 pm

Hold on to Me Darling: Adam Driver As Country Star in Emotional Traffic Jam

★★★☆☆ Kenneth Lonergan’s 2016 play, revived and directed again by Neil Pepe, with peppery supporting cast

October 15, 2024 9:00 pm

Vladimir: Putin on the Fritz

★★☆☆☆ A cautionary new drama views Russian corruption

October 13, 2024 10:02 am

Sump’n Like Wings: Yearning to Fly Away

★★★☆☆ A lost play by Lynn Riggs studies youthful urges in 1910s Oklahoma

October 13, 2024 10:00 am

Deep History: Can We Survive Climate Change?

★★★☆☆ David Finnigan delivers a lecture on humanity facing catastrophe

October 10, 2024 6:20 pm

Woof!: Hannah Gadsby’s Hilarious New Show About Not-So-Big Questions

★★★★☆ The Australian comedian seems looser and funnier in this latest outing

October 9, 2024 9:00 pm

The Counter: High-Octane Drama, Powered by Chock Full o’Nuts

★★★★☆ Anthony Edwards and Susannah Flood in Meghan Kennedy’s forceful new play, directed by David Cromer

October 7, 2024 9:00 am

The Big Gay Jamboree: Trapped Inside a Vintage Musical

★★★★☆ Titanique maker Marla Mindelle stars as a comical lady in the dark of her own devising

October 3, 2024 10:00 pm

Safety Not Guaranteed: Nor Is a Satisfying Time

★★☆☆☆ An intriguing-sounding sci-fi musical romance, disappointingly realized

October 3, 2024 10:29 am

Good Bones: James Ijames’ Sophisticated Fat Ham Successor

★★★★☆ Saheem Ali directs a wise, well-acted four-hander about marriage, gentrification, more

October 1, 2024 9:15 pm

Good Bones: James Ijames’ Urban Renewal Project

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★★★★☆ Saheem Ali directs a one-acter that only scratches the surface of the gentrification debate

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Paranormal Activity: Cheap But Potent Thrills

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Things go scarily bump in the night in the new stage thriller based on the hugely successful horror film franchise

Paranormal Activity: Nightmare Entertainment

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ A supernatural story of possession packs a suspenseful two hours

The Real Ivanov: Diary of a Loser

By Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Sam Underwood plays a woeful hero in a new version of Chekhov’s first drama

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By Bob Verini

★★★★★ John Turturro and Paul Giamatti topline a stunning cast in Diane Paulus’s revival, hilarious and horrifying by turns

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Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan Will Be Your Bobby Darin From Now On

★★★★☆ Replacing Jonathan Groff, the Broadway veteran delivers a stellar turn in the musical that merits a repeat viewing.

The Saviors: What Would Jesus Do?

★★★★☆ Writer Bubba Weiler and director Jack Serio offer a tender drama of faith and friendship

Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Pure Theatrical Alchemy

★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star - Jennifer Nettles - serves up a killer new musical.

women of Birthright

Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

★★★★☆ Politics underscore but don’t overpower the character-driven epic from Jonathan Spector

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

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

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