102 stories by "Bob Verini"
★★★★☆ Classy musicalization of a psychosexual cinethriller uses human and technical legerdemain to spellbind
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★★☆☆☆ Overproduced, underconceived, superfluous revival of a property long past its sell-by date
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★★☆☆☆ A beloved (in some quarters) movie weepie, set to music, can't get past its threadbare plot
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★★★★☆ A townful of creatives, working in easy harmony, fuels a warm homage to musicals and those who love them
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★★★☆☆ A Broadway-hopeful laugh-fest is long on its players' comedy chops, if a little light on grace
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★★★★☆ Encores fulfills its mission by bringing an undeservedly forgotten musical triumphantly back from the dead
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★★☆☆☆ Musicalization of a popular young adult novel about people's cruelty toward human difference is too-thinly told and too-broadly played
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★★★★☆ The travails of adolescence get a hard-hitting and sympathetic airing in a work of epic proportions
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★★★☆☆ A skillful cast explores the Armenian American experience across two eras, a century apart
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★★☆☆☆ Two musical theater kings and a queen strive mightily with a famously elusive concept album, but play to a draw
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★★★★☆ A flawless cast and thoughtful direction turn a famously problematic tuner into a darling, healing event
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★★☆☆☆ Michael Urie and entourage double down on facile gimmickry and leave Shakespeare behind
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★★★★☆ Kristin Chenoweth rules in the role of a lifetime as a true believer in the American Dream
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★★☆☆☆ A quartet of disaffected souls assembles in the mountains of Western Mass. to explain, indeed overexplain, their problems
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★★☆☆☆ The re-creation of a real-life encounter between the King and the Fab Four isn't as fab as it ought to be
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A venerable theater fest rises like a phoenix in its 71st year to celebrate Tennessee Williams
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★★★★☆ A modest but charming musical rom-com from the UK plucks at the heart, and the players are the main reason
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★★★★☆ The origin story for a fan-fave Netflix TV series uses every conceivable means to knock our socks off " and does
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★★☆☆☆ Overproduction cripples the Broadway debut of a much-admired intimate art musical
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★★★☆☆ Betty Boop flies out of B&W cartoons into today's living color, with glittery star quality but a saggy story
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★★★☆☆ A much-loved musical love story, featuring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren, makes a stylish but uneven Broadway debut
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★★★★★ A classic documentary on Afro-Cuban musical greats is transformed into a sparkling Broadway delight
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★★★★☆ Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins explores a prominent family's ethical drifts in the muscular Steppenwolf Theater tradition
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★★★★☆ Ayodele Casel's guide to great female tap dancers of yesterday and today makes for an unforgettable night at the theater
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★★★☆☆ Talent, taste, and Avett Brothers sea-chanties serve a grim morality tale that doesn't quite stay afloat
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