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This show is uplifting without being saccharine. It is thoughtful without being solicitous. It is challenging without being overbearing. All in all "Sardines" is a gift on all levels.
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Bryce Edwards and Mike Davis have created something rare at Birdland. Their centennial tribute is part history, part dance party, and part love letter. With virtuosos onstage and a cache of …
Don’t let the American Songbook remain a rumor in your life. 92NY’s Lyrics & Lyricists series — and the full 2025–26 season at The 92nd Street Y — offers a rare opportunity to …
Wrapping up many weeks on the road together, and a long time as close friends, the Bean Tones sing beautifully and banter comfortably between songs.
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By Tulis McCall OK – for starters I did not see the movie with Winona Ryder. Did not, not, not. So I did not know what to expect. I am pleased to report that this is a near perfect pro…
Jonas has crafted a thoughtful, truthful meditation on parenthood, community, and the stories we tell to survive. Life rarely offers clear choices; more often, we navigate shadows and assemb…
Let yourself get swept up into the labyrinthine maze of affection the piece creates. Take each moment and vignette as it comes and allow yourself to be delighted by it, after all, the piec…
This sad, scary, but ultimately heartfelt tale tracks a trio of gay men as they bond together while trying to cope with their own personal problems, each man more damaged than the next.
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This evening proved that the 92nd Street Y is New York's most generous room for the human voice — a place where Broadway stars and concert virtuosos share the same hallowed stage, and wher…
The combination of the three selected plays is a good choice for an evening spotlighting the famed Russian playwright
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We watch Ilya and Shane's relationship unfold, see Shane's relationship with his mom, then with Rose Landry, and hear lots about Reeboks.
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By David Walters You’ll fall in love. You’ll fall in love with performers Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland (if you haven’t already from their previous shows), and become a life-long fan. …
I felt that I was part of something very very special as I sat in Birdland on the what would have been the 100th birthday of Miles Davis.
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Noel Coward's Private Lives is a classic of marital disharmony and its unexpected appeal, presented with brio by The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.
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Conrad Herwig's Latin Side of Miles and Trane is jazz at its most generous: rigorous, joyful, and gloriously alive. At thirty years of catalog and counting, Herwig has built one of the great…
Indian Princesses, now playing at the Atlantic Theater, is a cringe worthy show. White people culture cringe worthy. And that's the point. Or at least one of them.
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DeCotis muses on a whole range of subjects, based around the themes of love, sex and gender dynamics. She also throws in three Broadway-style show stoppers. It all makes for a fun night full…
By David Walters Specimen, playing through June 6 at Axis Theatre, can be metaphorically about many things. It can be about the brokenness of this country and its focus on money acquisition,…
The performances are spot on. These three actors have their hands on the reins of their respective carriages and do not wander off the trail once the journey begins.
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Claws is the creepiest theatre experience I’ve ever had (in a way that I’m still recovering from).
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The Emporium, a recently discovered treasure by Thorton Wilder, completed by Kirk Lynn, is compelling, entertaining, multi-leveled, and a must see.
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For one luminous hour at SoHo Playhouse, Liz Coin builds a one-woman cathedral of positivity that admits everyone in the room. Lizzy Sunshine is part stand-up, part clown-show, part secular …
Spellbinding Strauss was a luminous reminder of why the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony has become indispensable to New York's cultural landscape. Maestro Bernard and Sara Beth Pearson delivere…
Malone wrote a musical comedy?! Yep. Lemme tell ya: The tale of Cyrano De Bergerac inspired Malone to write the book for STARTSTRUCK. She then collaborated with Emily Saliers - I k…
Leon Botstein and The Orchestra Now closed their 2025–26 season with Strauss writ glorious: an evening of mountain air mastery, scholarly programming, and youthful artistry. Audiences hung…
Well, I’ll Let You Go is a satisfying well made play that will leave you with a feeling that you've been through something. Been through a woman's grief, been through an onslaught of well …
The production struggles to balance its two separate and very unequal protagonists but Johnny Anthony effectively embodies Lenny Bruce, bringing his swagger and nervous energy to the fore.
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Despite a promising start, right away something feels off. Instead of sparse and haunting, Maggie Cino and Scott C. Sickles’ busy script populates the play with competing storylines.
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Take yourself, take a friend, to see this exquisite performance. Ayvazian’s precision of telling a story is, every moment counts, every word conjures. This is great storytelling delivered …
The story itself is nothing that interesting, but what’s novel here is the approach. For not only is this show interlaced with frequent historical asides, but it also incorporates heavy do…
Come on - be serious here. How many of you know what or who balusters are?
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The Receptionist, written by Adam Bock, and first developed in 2006, intrigued me with its supposed “chilling relevance” of bureaucracy and complicity taking place in an office, but whil…
Canciones is one of the best interactive shows I have ever experienced. Truthfully bringing the audience together in a shared collective, taking part in, and observing the family interaction…
Feltman: World’s First Hot Dog is that rarest of theatrical experiences: a solo show that feels as expansive as a Broadway epic and as intimate as a conversation with your favorite uncle o…
I'm going to use the word "lovely" here about The Bad Daters, and I mean it in its broadest sense: touching, pleasant, uplifting, sweet, and leaving you with a good feeling about humanity up…
Season 42 of the American Classical Orchestra promises to be nothing short of magnificent. From Haydn's “Lord Nelson” Mass and transcendent J.S. Bach motets to Mozart, Berwald, and not o…
Hosted by Alex Moffat, the 41st annual ceremony for the Lucille Lortel Awards were held at NYU Skirball. This year, I found myself especially drawn to artists challenged physically, emotiona…
In the Othello in the West End Theatre’s small playing space, Bedlam is creating a whole world with a whisper of a set, a small lighting grid and a ton of imagination. In the hands of in…
Although I may have some quips with this production's interpretation and actor choice, overall it is a solid production and one that if you love Hamlet like I do, is worth your time.
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At a small planetarium (Yes, a planetarium!) on the second floor of the Lower Eastside Girls Club in Manhattan, is a lovely autobiographical memory show called 73 Seconds.
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“It could never happen here…"
It's the mindset, the seemingly overused piece of dialogue we speak out loud to ourselves, to each other, as we try to convince ourselves history won't repe…
Playing now at the Barrymore Theater, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone grapples with a nation in transition, showcasing an America shortly after the Civil War, and a community …
By David Walters This is one of those productions where each piece sublimely contributes to making the sum of its parts bigger than the whole. I may run out of superlatives and possibly hav…
Three Women is a haunting, intimate musical that values suggestion over certainty. With strong performances and an evocative score, it explores love, memory, and distance through a minimalis…
The Rocky Horror Show now playing on Broadway has once again been extended to November 2026. There's a reason this iconic piece has been extended. The production is glorious!
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The true story of Albert Einstein's kindness to Marian Anderson and her transition from quiet performer to civil rights advocate is both heart-rending and heart-warming.
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Altogether, Broken Snow offers a competent production with solid performances and some memorable moments, but nothing revelatory.
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And speaking of reflection, a piece composed by Renee Rosnes titled Mirror Image is featured in this show. The piano chords begin dissonant as though they are announcing a coming tempest.�…
The theatrical group, The Talking Band initially dedicated itself to the continuing exploration of the theatrical interplay of image, language, and music. In this show that dedication holds.…
Love Story is not merely a play—it is an encounter with the fragile architecture of memory and love. It reminds us that those we lose never truly leave; they evolve within us, shaping our …
