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Thursday, June 22, 2023

‘Once Upon a One More Time’ Review: Liberation Set to Britney Spears by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The Britney Spears jukebox musical, about fairy tale princesses fighting for their emancipation, comes up short as a narrative of feminist awakening.

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023

‘Rock & Roll Man’ Review: An Alan Freed Biography by Elisabeth Vincentelli

A bio-show about the radio D.J. Alan Freed, one of rock music’s early popularizers, dutifully plays the hits.

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Friday, June 16, 2023

A Stage Musical About Belfast’s Punk Oasis by Elisabeth Vincentelli

‘Good Vibrations’ at the Irish Arts Center takes a snapshot of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles through its music scene.

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

‘Come for Me’ Review: Catherine Cohen’s T.M.I. Comedy Set by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In her autobiographical new show with songs, Catherine Cohen delivers a heightened version of millennial oversharing and confidence run amok.

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Monday, June 12, 2023

Best and Worst Moments of the 76th Tony Awards by Jesse Green, Maya Phillips, Elisabeth Vincentelli, Laura Collins-Hughes, Alexis Soloski and Sarah Bahr

With a clever opening number and repeated support for striking writers, the Tonys celebrated Broadway’s shows, performers and creative teams.

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Friday, June 9, 2023

‘Deep Blue Sound’ Review: Searching for Orcas and Longing for Community by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In Abe Koogler’s latest play, melancholy islanders try to band together to investigate where their beloved orcas have gone.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

For Lorna Courtney of ‘& Juliet,’ New York Has Always Been Her Stage by Elisabeth Vincentelli

From LaGuardia High School to Broadway, this Tony Award-nominated star has traveled many miles on her journey to theater stardom.

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

In Broadway’s ‘Grey House,’ Something Nightmarish This Way Comes by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Levi Holloway on his psychological thriller starring Laurie Metcalf: “It wears the jacket of horror. But I think it’s more heart than horror.”

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Friday, May 12, 2023

‘The Beautiful Lady’ Review: A Cabaret for the New Order by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Artists and dreamers sing of revolution in a musical set on the cusp of the birth of the Soviet Union.

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

For Broadway Dance, High Kicks and Low Comedy in a Season of Change by Jesse Green, Elisabeth Vincentelli and Brian Seibert

Is theatrical choreography at a turning point? Or just leaping, lurching and shimmying as usual? Our critics weigh in.

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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

‘New York, New York’ Review: The Big Apple, Without Bite by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Based loosely on the 1977 film, a show about performers making it in the big city comes to St. James Theater with the sharper edges of its source material sanded off.

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Friday, April 14, 2023

‘The Phantom of the Opera’: Thinking of a Spectacle Fondly by Joshua Barone, Alexis Soloski and Elisabeth Vincentelli

As the longest-running musical in Broadway history closes, Times critics with a lasting affection for the show take stock of its legacy.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

‘Covid Vortex Anxiety Opera’ Review: Gloom, Zoom and a New Bloom by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The veteran performance artist Karen Finley leads the audience through the troubles that plagued New York City at the peak of the pandemic.

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

‘According to the Chorus’ Review: Backstage Truths by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In Arlene Hutton’s play at 59E59 Theaters, the members of a Broadway cast reveal their hopes and fears tucked away in a quick-change room.

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Monday, March 27, 2023

Review: In ‘Día y Noche,’ Opposites Intertwine by Elisabeth Vincentelli

David Anzuelo’s generous, unwieldy play about an oil-and-water friendship between two high school boys opens at 59E59 Theaters.

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Friday, March 24, 2023

In ‘Up Here,’ the Song Stuck in Your Head Might Be Your Mean Ex-Crush by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Developed by a team of Broadway and Hollywood all-stars, the new Hulu series sets a chorus of inner critics to song.

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Sunday, March 5, 2023

Review: Mining a Whimsical Absurdist Vein in ‘The Trees’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In Agnes Borinsky’s latest play, a brother and sister returning from a party suddenly find their feet stuck in the earth. But to what end?

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

‘Becomes a Woman’ Review: A Girl Gets Wise in Brooklyn by Elisabeth Vincentelli

A young woman works to free herself from the expectations of men in Betty Smith’s 1931 play.

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Friday, February 24, 2023

Alexander Zeldin Brings ‘Love’ to the Park Avenue Armory by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The British writer and director Alexander Zeldin is bringing “Love,” a European hit set at a temporary-housing facility, to the Park Avenue Armory.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Hari Nef and Parker Posey: Two ‘It’ Girls Whose ‘Humanity Peeks Through’ by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In a pairing that seems almost predestined, the actresses are sharing a stage in “The Seagull/Woodstock, NY,” a contemporary riff on Chekhov.

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Thursday, January 26, 2023

‘Without You’ Review: Anthony Rapp’s Seasons of Love, and Loss by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The actor, who starred in the original Broadway run of ‘Rent,’ reflects on the show’s early days and dealing with the grief of his mother’s death.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Monica Bellucci Tries on the Dress, and Life, of Maria Callas by Elisabeth Vincentelli

The film star embodies one of opera’s greatest divas in the solo show “Maria Callas: Letters & Memoirs,” coming to the Beacon Theater.

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Friday, January 20, 2023

‘The Immortal Jellyfish Girl’ Review: A 26th-Century Love Story by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Featuring a lobster telephone and a robot boy with batlike wings, this puppet romance set in a future post-ecological collapse succeeds on its own weird terms.

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Review: ‘Not About Me’ Remembers Decades Shrouded by AIDS by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Eduardo Machado’s autofictional play follows the playwright’s alter ego as he navigates gay life in the 1980s and ’90s.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

At Under the Radar, Family Histories Bubble Up With No Easy Answers by Jesse Green, Laura Collins-Hughes and Elisabeth Vincentelli

The Public Theater’s experimental theater festival is back in person for the first time since 2020. Here, our critics review a second selection of the works on display.

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Friday, December 9, 2022

‘Off Peak’ Review: Caught in Limbo on the Northbound Track by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Two passengers share more than just an eerie commute aboard a train headed upstate.

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

‘Dick Rivington & the Cat’ Review: A Civic-Minded Holiday Treat by Elisabeth Vincentelli

This wacky family show respects the codes of the British holiday tradition known as panto, which means playfully not holding anything back.

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Sunday, December 4, 2022

Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Makes for a Morose Neil Diamond Musical by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In the new Broadway show, Will Swenson plays the superstar, who seems perpetually dissatisfied, as if on a quest — but for what?

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Friday, December 2, 2022

‘Ain’t No Mo’’ Review: After Great Tribulation, an Exodus of Black Citizens by Elisabeth Vincentelli

In Jordan E. Cooper’s biting satire, Black Americans descended from slaves are offered one-way airfare to Africa.

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

Dramatizing the Story of a Gay Mid-Century Tattoo Artist Who Was So Much More by Elisabeth Vincentelli

“Underneath the Skin,” a theater piece by John Kelly, meditates on the life of Samuel Steward, who always lived boldly when others dared not.

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

‘The Rat Trap’ Review: Together for Better, but Mostly for Worse by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Noël Coward’s bleak portrait of a collapsing marriage between two artists has its American premiere at New York City Center.

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards