Sunday, April 21, 2019
★★★★★ The profane and the sublime meet—with Nathan Lane, Kristine Nielsen and Julie White—in Taylor Mac's brilliant Broadway debut
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★★★★ Internationally acclaimed folk opera arrives on Broadway, under Rachel Chavkin's direction
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★★★★ Michael Stuhlbarg makes a triumphant return to the Public Theater in Tim Blake Nelson's bracing, probing new play
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Linked From nystagereview.com at 09:54PMWhen acclaimed singer/singwriter Anaïs Mitchell first crafted the music, lyrics, and concept for what would become the musical Hadestown, there were few signs her journey would lead to Broa…
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★★★ Daniel Fish's acclaimed new take on the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic offers plenty of ambition but not enough joy
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★★★★ Glenda Jackson makes another welcome return, leading a supple cast in Shakespeare's tragedy
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★★ Young playwright Mara Nelson-Greenberg offers an absurdist, simplistic look at sexism in the workplace
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★★★★★ Sam Mendes's stunning production of Stefano Massini's rise-and-fall epic arrives in New York
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★★★ Broadway's latest jukebox musical mixes timeless music, exuberantly performed, with time-worn platitudes
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★★★★★ Maryann Plunkett and Ciarán O’Reilly lead a first-rate ensemble in a searing revival of the "Dublin Trilogy" entry
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★★ A radiant Isabelle Huppert tries to breathe life into Florian Zeller's account of a woman's isolation
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While Tony Award–winning scenic designer Mimi Lien was preparing for this season’s Broadway revival of True West, Sam Shepard’s blazing account of fraternal warfare, she drew inspirati…
Linked From Broadway Direct at 04:47AMFour-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening had not taken a role in a Broadway production since collecting a Tony Award nomination for her debut performance, more than 30 years ago, in the Tina H…
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★★★★★ The creators of Spring Awakening draw inspiration from Lewis Carroll, with luminous results
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Linked From nystagereview.com at 08:51PMFor playwright Dominique Morisseau, one of the sweetest parts of making her Broadway debut is being able to bring her hometown with her. Kennedy Prize winner, two-time Obie Award winner, and…
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★★★★ Madeleine George's funny, thought-provoking new play finds a Greek god returning as a gender-bending gardener
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★★★★ A hip-hop improv group co-founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda makes an exuberant return
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Linked From nystagereview.com at 08:59PM★★★★ Irish Repertory Theatre's Sean O'Casey season kicks off with this piercing look at Ireland's troubles before The Troubles.
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Linked From nystagereview.com at 08:55PMWhen Pulitzer Prize-winner Lanford Wilson’s Burn This first opened on Broadway in 1987, its four-member cast included a luminous young actress named Joan Allen — already an accomplished …
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Busch’s latest cabaret show, “Native New Yorker,” brings a change of sartorial style and the music of the 1970s to Feinstein’s/54 Below.
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★★★★★ Laura Benanti and other new recruits bring fresh joy and fire to Bartlett Sher's ravishing revival
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★★★★ Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano make their own mark in the first Broadway revival of this modern classic
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★★★★ A storied rock & roll rivalry is revisited hilariously, with a gender twist (and tenderness), in Amy Staats's new play
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While Harvey Fierstein was getting the Tony Award–winning musical Kinky Boots on its feet, he and a few collaborators coined a term for the show: “The Happiness Factory.” As everyone n…
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★★★ Three new one-act plays by Neil LaBute find men and women grappling with contemporary and historical issues
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★★★★ From Ireland, a tale of two (very different) tortured souls, and towering performances
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Phish at the Garden, drag shows in Brooklyn, jazz in the Village, comedy perilously close to Times Square and more: Where to laugh, dance, mosh and jam in 2019.
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★★★ The holiday favorite returns to Madison Square Garden, with Gavin Lee as the titular grouch
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★★★★★ Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher reintroduce Harper Lee's beloved work as a play for our times, or any other
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★★★ Amy Heckerling brings unapologetic nostalgia and joy to a musical adaptation of her '90s film, featuring Disney star Dove Cameron
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It was easy to predict that a musical adaptation of Pretty Woman would find fans on Broadway. As producer and veteran film executive Paula Wagner points out, the 1990 movie, starring Julia R…
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