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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Theater Review: Review: ‘Threesome,’ at 59E59 Theaters, Examines Sexual Inequality by Charles Isherwood

In Yussef El Guindi’s play, two male photographers attempt a ménage à trois with a female writer, only to encounter unexpected revelations.

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Theater Review: Review: ‘Amazing Grace,’ the Story of a Slave Trader’s Moral Awakening by Charles Isherwood

The musical, named for the 18th-century hymn often associated with African-American culture and the civil rights movement of the 1960s, unfolds as a history lesson trimmed in melodrama.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Review: Marga Gomez’s ‘Pound’ Mocks Depictions of Lesbians on Film by Charles Isherwood

Ms. Gomez spins a comic fantasia in her new solo show at Dixon Place, flitting between characters from the movies and her own brash persona.

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Friday, July 10, 2015

Review: In ‘The Weir,’ Things Go Bump in the Night, at the Pub by Charles Isherwood

Conor McPherson’s haunting drama, first seen on Broadway, is revived by the Irish Repertory Theater in a cozy, intimate setting.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

The Week Ahead: ‘The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey’ and Its Chameleon Actor Return by Charles Isherwood

In his poignant one-person play about a missing gay teenager, James Lecesne plays a hard-boiled detective, an emphatic hair stylist and much more.

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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Review: In ‘Significant Other,’ a Young Man Pines as His Pals Pair Off by Charles Isherwood

Joshua Harmon’s new play centers on a wistful young man who feels left behind as close friends begin walking down the aisle.

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Review: ‘Doctor Faustus,’ All That Heaven Won’t Allow by Charles Isherwood

Chris Noth and Zach Grenier star in the Classic Stage Company’s production of the Christopher Marlowe work.

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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Theater Review: Review: In ‘The Qualms,’ a Sex Party Winds Up Being All Talk by Charles Isherwood

This comedy, the latest play from the Pulitzer Prize-winning provocateur Bruce Norris, is directed by Pam MacKinnon at Playwrights Horizons.

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Friday, June 12, 2015

The Week Ahead: ‘Doctor Faustus’ and Christopher Marlowe Return to New York by Charles Isherwood

This season is a banner one for that Elizabethan tragedian, and it continues with a new version of “Doctor Faustus” at the Classic Stage Company.

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Thursday, June 11, 2015

Review: ‘Guards at the Taj,’ Two Ordinary Guys Ordered to Do the Unthinkable by Charles Isherwood

This two-hander by Rajiv Joseph dramatizes a dark myth about the construction of the Taj Mahal.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Review: ‘Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait,’ as Grim as It Is Cryptic by Charles Isherwood

Much remains unresolved in Daniel Talbott’s play, which includes brief scenes of mostly mundane interactions between American soldiers in a remote desert.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Review: ‘Cuddles,’ Not Your Typical Vampire Drama, Opens at 59E59 by Charles Isherwood

Joseph Wilde’s two-hander centers on a teenage vampire cared for, and kept captive, by her older sister.

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Review: In ‘Be More Chill,’ a Nerd Finds Popularity in a Sci-Fi Pill by Charles Isherwood

This play at the Two River Theater, adapted from a novel by Ned Vizzini, centers on a teenager who turns cool after ingesting a tiny computer.

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Review: ‘Notes of a Native Song’ Is Stew’s Homage to James Baldwin by Charles Isherwood

A songwriter offers music and banter at Harlem Stage to honor an African-American writer and activist.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Review: Interpreting Gertrude Stein in ‘Composition ... Master-Pieces ... Identity’ by Charles Isherwood

David Greenspan’s all-Stein solo show at the Connelly Theater consists of two lectures, one poem and a string of insights from the years between the wars.

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Monday, June 1, 2015

Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse by Charles Isherwood

This premiere of a stage musical based on the popular 1998 Drew Barrymore film features Christine Ebersole as the wicked stepmother, with direction and choreography by Kathleen Marshal.

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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Theater Review: Review: ‘A Human Being Died That Night,’ a Look at an Apartheid Assassin, at BAM by Charles Isherwood

Robert Wright’s play, based on the book by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, reveals the atrocities committed by the South African police forces during apartheid.

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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Review: ‘An Act of God,’ With Jim Parsons as an Almighty Comedian by Charles Isherwood

In David Javerbaum’s show based on his book of the same title, God presides over his flock from a swooping white couch, like a celestial talk show host.

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Review: In ‘Nice Girl,’ a Sudden Ray of Hope in a Dead-End Life by Charles Isherwood

Diane Davis stars in Melissa Ross’s comedy about a 38-year-old woman burdened by duty and yearning to break out of her routine.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Here They Go Again: Head-Banging Anthems of Their Youth by Charles Isherwood

The Off Broadway musical Power Balladz is a loving tribute to the heyday of the hair band, when Aqua Net ruled and MTV played videos.

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Sometimes There Are Second Acts in Broadway Casting by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Sometimes replacement casts in Broadway shows are an improvement over the originals.

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A Temple of Drama, Burnished by Charles Isherwood

The Belasco Theater, a Broadway house known for its relative intimacy and its subtly gothic ambience, has been restored to its original grandeur.

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Critic’s Notebook: Nothing Left to Lose, or Too Dark to Contemplate by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The Live Arts Festival in Philadelphia offers a play drawing parallels between 1865 and 2015, and another work that brings cardboard characters to life.

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Nothing Left to Lose, or Too Dark to Contemplate by Charles Isherwood

The Live Arts Festival in Philadelphia offers a play drawing parallels between 1865 and 2015, and another work that brings cardboard characters to life.

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Stage Partnerships Raise the Chance of Perfection by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The new theater season features some intriguing partnerships.

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Theater Review | 'underneathmybed': Immigrants Who Import Their Trauma by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Florencia Lozano’s “underneathmybed” comes across as yet another raucous dysfunctional family play, Latin American style.

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Theater Review | 'Bottom of the World': Holding Tight to Grief While Struggling to Move On by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“Bottom of the World,” Lucy Thurber’s drama about friendship, family and loss, does not live up to the Atlantic Theater Company’s first-class presentation.

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Critic’s Notebook: Does Fashion Make Good Theater? by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

Drama of a kind is not hard to find, but are the shows good theater?

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Theater Review | 'Absolution': One Man’s Wrathful Vengeance by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

A man seeking vengeance murders priests who sexually abused boys in Owen O’Neill’s “Absolution,” from the Gúna Nua Theater Company.

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Theater Talkback: A New Marquee by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

A look at recent trends in Broadway theater re-christening, with the good news that Stephen Sondheim has gotten his due.

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Theater Review | 'Orange, Hat & Grace': A Salt-of-the-Earth Romance Amid Shadows of the Apocalypse by CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“Orange, Hat & Grace,” a romantic interplay between a middle-aged woman and a goofy young yokel, resembles an R-rated update of a Ma and Pa Kettle movie.

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic