Sunday, January 20, 2019
★★★★ A writer provides a tender account of his wife, who did more than merely face up to cancer
The post About Alice: Calvin Trillin’s Fond Portrait of the Woman He Loved appea…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PMMonday, January 14, 2019
★★★ A trio of new plays presents a Hitler apologist, a bad date, and one self-absorbed heart-breaker
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:30PMMonday, January 7, 2019
★★ Even the typically combustible Marin Ireland can't strike many sparks from a sparsely dramatized story
The post Blue Ridge: A Tedious Journey Through Underdeveloped Territory appeared…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PMThursday, January 3, 2019
★★★ The "Be More Chill" choreographer delivers a new dance drama with a vintage story and a modern score
The post The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes: Guys and a Dancing Doll of Futuristic…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:01PMThursday, December 13, 2018
★★★★ The Trocks spin back for the holidays as en pointe entertaining as ever
The post Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Typically Tutu Funny to Describe appeared first on New Yo…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:30AMTuesday, December 11, 2018
★★ Former rivals Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken get together to vocalize holiday songs
The post Ruben & Clay’s Christmas Show: American Idols Reunite for the Holidays appeared …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:15PMMonday, December 10, 2018
★★★★ Playwright Lynn Nottage's lighter side is nicely served by Signature Theatre's revival
The post Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine: Facing Your Not-So-Fab Origins appear…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:40PMSunday, December 9, 2018
★★ Steamy sex scenes evaporate into hot air in newcomer Jeremy O. Harris' debut drama
The post Slave Play: Gabbing Too Much About Sexual Dysfunction and Racism appeared first on New Y…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PMMonday, December 3, 2018
★★★★ It takes three performers to portray the one-and-only Cher in a wildly entertaining jukebox show
The post The Cher Show: Truly Turning Back Time With a Singular Superstar appear…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:40PMThursday, November 29, 2018
★★★★ Melissa Gilbert is among the guests attending a holiday dinner drawn from a famous James Joyce story
The post The Dead, 1904: Dubliner Sisters Invite You to an Immersive Christm…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PMSunday, November 18, 2018
★★★ Theresa Rebeck's new semi-thriller digs some dark secrets from out of a cellar
The post Downstairs: Tyne Daly and Tim Daly Tackle Kin Beyond Their Typical Ken appeared first on New…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:41PM★★★★ A handsomely sung musical documentary relates an inspiring wartime miracle
The post All Is Calm: A Poignant Music-Theater Account of WWI’s Christmas Truce appeared first …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:40PMThursday, November 15, 2018
★★ Several Sardi's caricatures confront serious issues in a slick but kinda crass new musical
The post The Prom: Plenty of Showbiz Gagging Over Some Serious Issues appeared first on New …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:20PMMonday, November 12, 2018
★★★★ A schlub loses everything but later gains true love in a little, New York-y musical
The post The Other Josh Cohen: See a Loser Be a Winner By Doing the Right Thing appeared firs…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:30PMSunday, November 11, 2018
★★★★ Signature Theatre smartly revives Will Eno's significantly meandering monodrama
The post Thom Pain (based on nothing): Some Existential Rambles With Michael C. Hall appeared fi…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:27PMWednesday, November 7, 2018
★★★ The Public Theater premieres the threnody of a blameless woman's destruction
The post Eve’s Song: How Black Women’s Lives Don’t Always Matter in America appeared …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:55PMMonday, November 5, 2018
★★★ Playwrights Horizons premieres a satirical comedy that's tasty but underdone
The post The Thanksgiving Play: Knocking the Stuffing Out of White Liberal Correctness appeared first o…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:05PMSunday, November 4, 2018
★★★★ The Druid company infuses Samuel Beckett's bleak drama with a wonderful sense of life
The post Waiting for Godot: Whiling Away a Few Fine Hours With an Irish Didi and Gogo appea…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:30PMSunday, October 28, 2018
★★★★ Kids will get a kick out of the 41st edition while their elders will see some nice sights, too
The post Big Apple Circus: A Lean, Keen, Family Show (and More) to its Core appear…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM★★★ Good acting breathes life into a comedy that unexpectedly turns sorrowful
The post Daniel’s Husband: A New Drama Cautions Same-Sex Couples to Tie the Knot appeared first on N…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:30PMWednesday, October 24, 2018
★★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: An expertly staged docu-musical remains a truly heartwarming experience
The post Come From Away: Get a Gander at Strangers Being Kind to Each Other appeare…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:38PMThursday, October 11, 2018
★★★ A gay romance from the 1960s glimmers within a little musical bubble
The post Midnight at the Never Get: A Moody Cabaret About the Man That Got Away appeared first on New York Stag…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:01PMMonday, October 8, 2018
★★ A mash-up of fact and fiction shows that writing plays can be harder than rocket science
The post The Winning Side: What’s Love Got to Do With Wernher Von Braun? appeared first …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PMThursday, October 4, 2018
★★★ Anne Bogart stages a 2,400 year-old Greek drama with a few modern notes
The post The Bacchae: Euripides’ Classical Tragicomedy of Wine, Women, and Wrong appeared first on New…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:30PMTuesday, October 2, 2018
★★ Able staging and acting can do only so much with a master author's minor material
The post Final Follies: Primary Stages Trips Over a Trio of A.R. Gurney Comedies appeared first on Ne…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PMMonday, October 1, 2018
★★★★ Bob Dylan songs are artfully molded into a new musical of melancholy distinction
The post Girl From the North Country: A Visit to Desolation Row With Bob Dylan appeared first on…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:44PMMonday, September 24, 2018
★★ A woeful drama (in more ways than one) is performed simultaneously in two languages
The post I Was Most Alive with You: Craig Lucas Unleashes a Tsunami of Sorrows appeared first on Ne…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PMThursday, September 20, 2018
★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: A smart jukebox musical remains a some kind of wonderful Broadway attraction
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:30PMTuesday, September 18, 2018
★★★ Kathryn Hunter conjures up the hothouse atmosphere of a vanished kingdom
The post The Emperor: The Curious Decline and Fall of Haile Selassie appeared first on New York Stage Revie…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:26PMSunday, September 16, 2018
★★★★ Richard Nelson's new version of Chekhov's intimate classic is artfully understated
The post Uncle Vanya: An Americanization of a Russian Classic appeared first on New York Stage…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PMThursday, September 13, 2018
★★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: That musical madman remains as romantic as ever in his Majestic home
The post The Phantom of the Opera: Still Wonderfully Crazy After All These Years appe…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:30PM 
