Monday, November 5, 2018
★★★★ Ronnie Marmo writes and acts, Joe Mantegna directs a strong, sensitive tribute
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:30PMSunday, November 4, 2018
★★★★★ Druid's Gerry Hynes directs Marty Rea and Aaron Monaghan in a brilliantly physical version
The post Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett’s Masterpiece Masterfully Handled …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:35PMThursday, November 1, 2018
★★★★ Urie, Ruehl repeat their masterful performances in the strong Second State revival
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:50PMFriday, October 26, 2018
★★★★ Twenty of the great love song purveyor's greatest hits recalled in a musical autobiography
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:52PM★★★★ Carmel Dean, Jack Cumming II, Dick Scanlan, Scott celebrate the making of the poet's prize-winning poem
The post Renascence: Edna St. Vincent Millay” First Great Poem, Gre…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:01AMTuesday, October 23, 2018
★★★ Jaclyn Backhaus fights back at current domestic policies to mixed but hopeful results
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM★★ The revival takes advantage of the Donald J. Trump environment but not well
The post Happy Birthday, Wanda June: Kurt Vonnegut’s First Play Not Happy-Making appeared first on N…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:50PMMonday, October 22, 2018
★ Leo Schwartz snd DC Cathro may enjoy what they've written, but many others might not
The post The Book of Merman: Merman, Mormon Spoof Down in the Depths appeared first on New York Stage…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:40PMWednesday, October 17, 2018
★★★ Jane Anderson's follows a mother whose difficult child turns out to be a saint in the making
The post Mother of the Maid: Glenn Close, Grace Van Patten Hot as Mom and Saint Joan a…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:50PMMonday, October 15, 2018
★★★★ The marriage of. a reverend and his pregnant wife founders as literal and figurative bombs go off
The post Fireflies: Donja R. Love’s Explosive Look at Destructive Racism …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:50PMSunday, October 14, 2018
★★★ A tale ripped from the headlines about liberal guilt and immigrant discontent is watered down
The post Emma and Max: Moviemaker Todd Solondz Tries Theater to Mixed Results appeared…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:00PMThursday, October 11, 2018
★★ Mark Sonnenblick is the composer-;lyricist-bookwriter of a sorry tale of 1960s gay romance
The post Midnight at the Never Get: A Musical That Never Quite Gets There appeared first on …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PMSunday, October 7, 2018
★★★★ Daniel Fish and fine 12-member cast, 7-musician band revitalize the Rodgers-Hammerstein classic
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PMSunday, September 30, 2018
★★★★ Laughs abound in this sincere defense of the currently under-siege document
The post What the Constitution Means to Me: Lots, Declares Heidi Scheck appeared first on New York St…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:29PMTuesday, September 25, 2018
★★★ Sarah Bernhardt takes on the great role while dallying with Edmond Rostand
The post Bernhardt/Hamlet: Janet McTeer in Theresa Rebeck’s Almost-Ready Play appeared first on New…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:50PMMonday, September 24, 2018
★★★ The multi-talented performer works instruments and resentments to vigorous effect
The post Wild Abandon: Leenya Rideout Plays, Sings, Talks Show-Biz/Mom Issues appeared first on Ne…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PMTuesday, September 18, 2018
★★★★ Douglas McGrath brings the tale of how doing the right society thing is doing the wrong thing
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00AMSunday, September 16, 2018
★★★★ Shape-shifting Kathryn Hunter skillfully plays many men in Haile Selassie's Ethiopian court
The post The Emperor: Up-Close-and-Personal/Generic Look at the Powerful appeared fir…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:30PMSunday, September 9, 2018
★★★★★ A nine-cast Top-40 revue from mid-20th century so hot you could sizzle steaks on it
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:58PMThursday, August 16, 2018
★★★ Samantha Barks and Andy Karl topline this Garry Marshall-J. F. Lawton-Bryan Adams-Jim Vallance transfer
The post Pretty Woman: Hit Romcom, Musicalized, Is Only Pretty Good appeared…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:29PMMonday, August 13, 2018
★★★ Songwriter Joe Iconis, bookwriter Joe Tracz transfer Ned Vizzini's popular YA novel to the stage
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:01PMSaturday, August 11, 2018
★★★ Michael Tucker writes a smart script for six top actors that starts out less than smart
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PMSunday, August 5, 2018
★★★★★ Replacing Tony Shalhoub, the Isaeli star helps maintain the just-about-perfect chamber musical
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 05:50PMSaturday, August 4, 2018
★★ The history play combination, directed by Austin Pendleton and Peter Bloch, too often fires blanks
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00PMThursday, August 2, 2018
★★★★ The stand-up comic who does a lot of commanding the stage talks about his expanding family
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PMMonday, July 30, 2018
★★★★ Marcus Gardley pens a history play relevant to today's compromised feminist status
The post The House That Will Not Stand: Smart, Oppressed Women in 1813 Nola appeared first on …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:51PMThursday, July 26, 2018
★★★★ The comedienne looks back at several decades of being funny while dieting
The post My Life on a Diet: Renée Taylor Serves Dishes of Comfort Laughs appeared first on New York St…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:59PMThursday, July 19, 2018
★★★★ John Strand pits conservatism against liberalism in a play as timely as they come
The post The Originalist: Antonin Scalia v. a Liberal Clerk With Hot Results appeared first on…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:54PMWednesday, July 18, 2018
★★★ The challenging story of a steel manufacturing family in 1933 Germany struggling to survive
The post The Damned: Ivo van Hove Goes About Theatricalizing Visconti appeared first on …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:36PMMonday, July 16, 2018
★★★ A woman hoping to make something of her life latches on to an ambivalent moviemaker
The post Fire in Dreamland: Rinne Groff’s New Drama Has Trouble Igniting appeared first o…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:41PMThursday, July 12, 2018
★ John Wulp stage-adapts a medieval mystic's life at great length to small avail
The post The Saintliness of Margery Kempe: Saint or Sinner? Not Worth Deciding appeared first on New York S…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:01PM 
