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BROADWAY

•  Aladdin  || ★★★★☆ Elysa Gardner
•  & Juliet  || ★★★★☆ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★☆ Frank Scheck
•  Buena Vista Social Club  || ★★★★★ Bob Verini | ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers
•  Chicago
•  Hadestown  || ★★★★☆ Elysa Gardner | ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers
•  Hamilton
•  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child  || ★★★★☆ Steven Suskin | ★★★★☆ Elysa Gardner
•  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
•  Oh, Mary!  || ★★★★☆ Bob Verini | ★★☆☆☆ Michael Sommers 
•  Operation Mincemeat  || ★★★★☆ David Finkle | ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers
•  Paranormal Activity  || ★★★★☆ Frank Scheck | ★★★☆☆ Michael Sommers
•  Ragtime || ★★★★★ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★★ Roma Torre
•  Schmigadoon!  || ★★★★☆ Michael Sommers | ★★★★☆ Bob Verini
•  School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play  ||
opens September 28
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  Six  || ★★★★★ Melissa Rose Bernardo | ★★★★★ Steven Suskin
•  Stranger Things: The First Shadow || ★★★★☆ Bob Verini | ★★★☆☆ David Finkle
•  The Book of Mormon
•  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
•  Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) || ★★★★☆Frank Scheck | ★★★★☆ David Finkle
•  Wicked

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Kramer/Fauci: Friendly Adversaries Tangle Over AIDS Progress

By David Finkle

★★★★☆ Highly resourceful conceiver-director Daniel Fish gets theatrical again

Slam Frank: An Equal Opportunity Offender

By Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The Jewish teen author/Holocaust victim gets an audacious 21st-century musical glow-up

The Hairy Ape: The First Zoo Story

By Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Jon Beavers depicts a primitive man lost in the civilized world in Irish Rep’s revival of an early O’Neill classic

The Hairy Ape: Hairier Would Be Scarier

By David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Ciarán O'Reilly directs the revival, Jon Beavers is the supposedly gorilla-like protagonist

CRITICS' PICKS

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

Death of a Salesman: More Relevant Than Ever

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

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