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April 30, 2019 8:51 pm

The Plough and the Stars: Dubliners Come to Vivid Life in Irish Rep’s Revival

Maryann Plunkett, Clare O'Malley, and John Keating perform in the final scene of The Plow and the Stars. Photo: Carol Rosegg

★★★★★ A superb company performs Sean O’Casey’s tragicomedy about the 1916 Easter Rising

April 30, 2019 8:50 pm

The Plough and the Stars: O’Casey’s Tragicomedy In Superb Shape

★★★★★ The Irish Repertory Company ends O’Casey season with outstanding direction, cast

April 29, 2019 10:52 am

Grief is the Thing with Feathers: A Mad, Murky, Melancholy Journey

Cillian Murphy performs in Grief is the Thing with Feathers. Photo: Teddy Wolff

★★★☆☆ Cillian Murphy delivers a remarkable performance as a man possessed

April 27, 2019 5:32 pm

Link Link Circus: Isabella Rossellini, Pan the Dog Explain It All

★★★★☆ The actress-model, seeking a Master’s degree in animal behavior, turns it delightful

April 27, 2019 1:21 pm

Lady in the Dark: MasterVoices Lovingly Revives a Masterpiece Musical

Victoria Clark performs the "Glamour Dream" in Lady in the Dark. Photo: Richard Termine

★★★★★ Victoria Clark is the glowing central figure of a legendary musical

April 27, 2019 1:20 pm

Lady in the Dark: Victoria Clark Shines As Lady in the Spotlight

★★★★☆ Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin-Moss Hart musical in exciting form at City Center

April 22, 2019 8:58 pm

The Pain of My Belligerence: Love Hurts

Feiffer Linklater Belligerence

★★★☆☆ Halley Feiffer stars in her own play about a writer battling Lyme disease and an obsessive codependent relationship

April 22, 2019 8:57 pm

The Pain of My Belligerence: When Good Discomfort Turns Bad

Haley Feiffer and Hamish Linklater in The Pain of My Belligerence. Photo: Joan Marcus

★★☆☆☆ Halley Feiffer’s latest explores toxic masculinity, and then gets overrun by it

April 21, 2019 7:40 pm

Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain: Less Than Instructive

★★☆☆☆ A 1942 World War II pamphlet brought to the stage a bit on the late side

April 16, 2019 9:55 pm

Socrates: Tim Blake Nelson Writes the Hemlock Drinker a Spiffy Toast

★★★★★ Michael Stuhlbarg is back on the boards, as good—or better—than ever

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From Massachusetts: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) and Fall in Like

By Bob Verini

★★★★☆ A modest but charming musical rom-com from the UK plucks at the heart, and the players are the main reason

The Wash: Airing a Ripe Slice of American History

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ New Federal Theatre delivers a drama about the 1881 Atlanta washerwomen’s strike

Pride & Prejudice: Austen Sparkles in 3-Person Capsule Version

By Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ A breezy romp with Lizzy Bennet, Mr. Darcy, et al.

A Freeky Introduction: Divine Wisdom for Being Your Best Sexy Self

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ NSangou Njikam’s show sees a Yoruban deity preach positivity in a string of stories

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★★★★★ David Yazbek’s brashly macabre tuner features Andrew Durand as a real-life desperado, wanted dead and alive

Just in Time Christine Jonathan Julia

Just in Time: Hello, Bobby! Darin Gets a Splashy Broadway Tribute

★★★★☆ Jonathan Groff gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance as the Grammy-winning “Beyond the Sea” singer

John Proctor Is the Villain cast

John Proctor Is the Villain: A Fearless Gen Z Look at ‘The Crucible’

★★★★★ Director Danya Taymor and a dynamite cast bring Kimberly Belflower’s marvelous new play to Broadway

Good Night, and Good Luck: George Clooney Makes Startling Broadway Bow

★★★★★ Clooney and Grant Heslov adapt their 2005 film to reflect not only the Joe McCarthy era but today

The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Masterpiece from Page to Stage

★★★★★ Succession’s Sarah Snook is brilliant as everyone in a wild adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s prophetic novel

Operation Mincemeat: A Comical Slice of World War II Lore

★★★★☆ A screwball musical from London rolls onto Broadway

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