★★ The revival takes advantage of the Donald J. Trump environment but not well The post Happy Birthday, Wanda June: Kurt Vonnegut’s First Play Not Happy-Making appeared first on N…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:50PM★ Leo Schwartz snd DC Cathro may enjoy what they've written, but many others might not The post The Book of Merman: Merman, Mormon Spoof Down in the Depths appeared first on New York Stage…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:40PM★★★ Jane Anderson's follows a mother whose difficult child turns out to be a saint in the making The post Mother of the Maid: Glenn Close, Grace Van Patten Hot as Mom and Saint Joan a…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:50PM★★★★ The marriage of. a reverend and his pregnant wife founders as literal and figurative bombs go off The post Fireflies: Donja R. Love’s Explosive Look at Destructive Racism …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:50PM★★★ A tale ripped from the headlines about liberal guilt and immigrant discontent is watered down The post Emma and Max: Moviemaker Todd Solondz Tries Theater to Mixed Results appeared…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:00PM★★ Mark Sonnenblick is the composer-;lyricist-bookwriter of a sorry tale of 1960s gay romance The post Midnight at the Never Get: A Musical That Never Quite Gets There appeared first on …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PM★★★★ Daniel Fish and fine 12-member cast, 7-musician band revitalize the Rodgers-Hammerstein classic The post Oklahoma!: The Great Musical in 2018 Whipping-Down-the-Plain Take appe…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PM★★★★ Laughs abound in this sincere defense of the currently under-siege document The post What the Constitution Means to Me: Lots, Declares Heidi Scheck appeared first on New York St…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:29PM★★★ Sarah Bernhardt takes on the great role while dallying with Edmond Rostand The post Bernhardt/Hamlet: Janet McTeer in Theresa Rebeck’s Almost-Ready Play appeared first on New…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:50PM★★★ The multi-talented performer works instruments and resentments to vigorous effect The post Wild Abandon: Leenya Rideout Plays, Sings, Talks Show-Biz/Mom Issues appeared first on Ne…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM★★★★ Douglas McGrath brings the tale of how doing the right society thing is doing the wrong thing The post The Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton’s Novel Graces the Stage appeare…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00AM★★★★ Shape-shifting Kathryn Hunter skillfully plays many men in Haile Selassie's Ethiopian court The post The Emperor: Up-Close-and-Personal/Generic Look at the Powerful appeared fir…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:30PM★★★★★ A nine-cast Top-40 revue from mid-20th century so hot you could sizzle steaks on it The post Smokey Joe’s Cafe: Smokin’ Jerry Leiber-Mike Stoller Hits Smokin̵…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:58PM★★★ Samantha Barks and Andy Karl topline this Garry Marshall-J. F. Lawton-Bryan Adams-Jim Vallance transfer The post Pretty Woman: Hit Romcom, Musicalized, Is Only Pretty Good appeared…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:29PM★★★ Songwriter Joe Iconis, bookwriter Joe Tracz transfer Ned Vizzini's popular YA novel to the stage The post Be More Chill: Loud Musical About a Desperate Teenage Social Outcast appea…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:01PM★★★ Michael Tucker writes a smart script for six top actors that starts out less than smart The post Fern Hill: Three Couples Get Around to Clean Sex on a Farm Weekend appeared first o…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM★★★★★ Replacing Tony Shalhoub, the Isaeli star helps maintain the just-about-perfect chamber musical The post The Band’s Visit: Sasson Gabay Joins the Still-Excellent Tony Wi…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 05:50PM★★ The history play combination, directed by Austin Pendleton and Peter Bloch, too often fires blanks The post War of the Roses: Henry VI & Richard III: Losing Shakespeare Battles …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00PM★★★★ The stand-up comic who does a lot of commanding the stage talks about his expanding family The post The New One: Lovably Humorous Mike Birbiglia Cracks Very Wise appeared first …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM★★★★ Marcus Gardley pens a history play relevant to today's compromised feminist status The post The House That Will Not Stand: Smart, Oppressed Women in 1813 Nola appeared first on …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:51PM★★★★ The comedienne looks back at several decades of being funny while dieting The post My Life on a Diet: Renée Taylor Serves Dishes of Comfort Laughs appeared first on New York St…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:59PM★★★★ John Strand pits conservatism against liberalism in a play as timely as they come The post The Originalist: Antonin Scalia v. a Liberal Clerk With Hot Results appeared first on…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:54PM★★★ The challenging story of a steel manufacturing family in 1933 Germany struggling to survive The post The Damned: Ivo van Hove Goes About Theatricalizing Visconti appeared first on …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:36PM★★★ A woman hoping to make something of her life latches on to an ambivalent moviemaker The post Fire in Dreamland: Rinne Groff’s New Drama Has Trouble Igniting appeared first o…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:41PM★ John Wulp stage-adapts a medieval mystic's life at great length to small avail The post The Saintliness of Margery Kempe: Saint or Sinner? Not Worth Deciding appeared first on New York S…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:01PM★★★★ Mike Poulton adapts Robert Harris' Cicero novels for Gregory Doran's surging two parts The post Imperium I: Conspirator, II: Dictator: From London appeared first on New York Sta…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PMGains and loses from Brian Friel, Oscar Wilde and Nina Raine on three crackling stages The post Translations, An Ideal Husband, Consent: From London appeared first on New York Stage Review.
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:29PMBaz Luhrman's dance flick, Muriel Spark's novel take the stage, Strindberg's Miss Julie doesn't take The post Strictly Ballroom, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Julie: From London appeared fi…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00AM★★★★ Donja R. Love looks unflinchingly at lynchings and their aftermaths in the deep South The post Sugar in Our Wounds: Salt Effectively Poured in Civil War Wounds appeared first on…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PM★★★★ Chukwudi Iwuji, Corey Stoll, Heather Lind, Alison Wright gorgeous in the Bard's jealousy screed The post Othello: Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Version Done Wisely and Well appe…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:15PM★★★ Jerry Mitchell directs-choreographs Donna McKechnie, Georgia Engel, André De Shields in a not-great Chorus Line take on aging dancers The post Half Time: Music, Mirror, and a Chan…
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