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BROADWAY

•  Aladdin  || ★★★★☆ Elysa Gardner
•  & Juliet  || ★★★★☆ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★☆ Frank Scheck
•  Beaches || ★★☆☆☆ Bob Verini | ★★☆☆☆ David Finkle
•  Buena Vista Social Club  || ★★★★★ Bob Verini | ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers
•  Cats: The Jellicle Ball  || ★★★★★ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers
•  Chicago
•  Death Becomes Her  || ★★★★☆ Frank Scheck | ★★☆☆☆ David Finkle
•  Death of a Salesman  || ★★★★★ Frank Scheck | ★★★★☆ David Finkle
•  Dog Day Afternoon || ★★★☆☆ Frank Scheck | ★★★☆☆ Roma Torre 
•  Every Brilliant Thing  || ★★★★★ Steven Suskin | ★★★★★ Frank Scheck
•  Giant  || ★★★★☆ Frank Scheck | ★★★☆☆ David Finkle
•  Hadestown  || ★★★★☆ Elysa Gardner | ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers
•  Hamilton
•  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child  || ★★★★☆ Steven Suskin | ★★★★☆ Elysa Gardner
•  Joe Turner’s Come and Gone  || ★★★★☆ Frank Scheck | ★★★☆☆ Melissa Rose Bernardo
•  Just in Time  ||
★★★★☆ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★☆ Frank Scheck
•  Maybe Happy Ending  || ★★★★☆ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers
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  MJ  || ★★★☆☆ Jesse Oxfeld | ★★★☆☆ Elysa Gardner
•  Moulin Rouge!  || ★★★★★ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★☆ Jesse Oxfeld
•  Oh, Mary!  || ★★★★☆ Bob Verini | ★★☆☆☆ Michael Sommers 
•  Operation Mincemeat  || ★★★★☆ David Finkle | ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers
•  Proof  || ★★★★★ Steven Suskin | ★★★★★ Roma Torre
•  Ragtime || ★★★★★ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★★ Roma Torre
•  Schmigadoon!  || ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers | ★★★★☆ Bob Verini
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  Six  || ★★★★★ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★★ Steven Suskin
•  Stranger Things: The First Shadow || ★★★★☆ Bob Verini | ★★★☆☆ David Finkle
•  The Book of Mormon
•  The Fear of 13 ||★★★★☆ David Finkle | ★★★☆☆ Frank Scheck 
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The Great Gatsby  || ★★★☆☆  Sandy MacDonald | ★★☆☆☆  David Finkle
•  The Lion King  || ★★★★★ Steven Suskin | ★★★☆☆ Jesse Oxfeld
•  The Lost Boys  || ★★★☆☆ Frank Scheck | ★★★☆☆ Roma Torre 
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The Outsiders  || ★★★★☆ Roma Torre |★★★☆☆ Frank Scheck
•  The Rocky Horror Show  || ★★☆☆☆ Michael Sommers | ★★☆☆☆ Bob Verini
•  Titanique  ||
★★★☆☆ Michael Sommers | ★★☆☆☆ David Finkle
•  Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) ||
★★★★☆Frank Scheck | ★★★★☆ David Finkle
•  Wicked

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Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

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

Birthright: Political and Personal Issues Intersect to Powerful Effect

By Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ The new play by Jonathan Spector ("Eureka Day") depicts the reunions over two decades of a group of friends who met on a Birthright trip to Israel.

A Walk on the Moon: A Musical Tribute to Enduring Marriage Vows

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 film, Annmarie Milazzo adds the tuneful score

From Massachusetts: The Zionists, A Family Storm (And The World’s)

By Bob Verini

★★★☆☆ Amidst a hurricane, a Jewish family hashes out Israel and Palestine, solving little but revealing plenty

CRITICS' PICKS

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

Well, I’ll Let You Go: Coping with Grief, Magnificently

★★★★★ Quincy Tyler Bernstine gives a whirlwind performance in a stunning new play by Bubba Weiler

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone: Revival of Wilson’s Drama About “Finding Your Song” Mostly Sings

★★★★☆ Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson star in Debbie Allen's revival of August Wilson's modern classic.

Death of a Salesman: More Relevant Than Ever

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

Cats the Jellicle Ball ensemble

Cats: The Jellicle Ball: A Disco-Tastic Revival of Lloyd Webber’s Musical

★★★★★ You’ll be feline good after this ultra-glam Broadway-meets-ballroom production

Giant: Antisemitism Laid Bare

★★★★☆ John Lithgow plays famed author Roald Dahl in Mark Rosenblatt’s play directed by Nicholas Hytner

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