Thursday, October 30, 2025
Set on the remote edge of a small Idaho town, LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD centers on a razor-tongued aunt and her long-estranged nephew who find themselves suddenly back in each other's lives " t…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:48PM[SHARE]As played by a glorious Laurie Metcalf in Samuel D. Hunter's keen-eyed, compassionate play "Little Bear Ridge Road," which opened on Thursday night at the Booth Theater, she is also one of t…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Little Bear Ridge Road is a quietly triumphant debut for Hunter, an American playwright who sees the country we truly inhabit, rather than the one we like to imagine we do.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Moments of big emotion in "Little Bear Ridge Road" don't fall flat, exactly, but they don't play to Hunter's strengths as a writer; he's better in small, askew gestures.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Little Bear Ridge Road, which runs about 95 minutes (with no intermission), serves as a showcase and masterclass of Metcalf's acting abilities and command of the stage. Over and over again, …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]In Little Bear Ridge Road, Metcalf racks up the hits with ease, though the production feels more like watching home run derby than a full game. I couldn't escape the nagging sensation, as I …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]The Orion's Belt comments prefigure all sorts of big discussions to come about cancer and meth addiction and child abuse. They are the same tropes that other, lesser playwrights stick in the…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]This production, directed with superb acerbity by Joe Mantello, marks the playwright's overdue Broadway debut, and it doesn't disappoint. The play is a multifaceted gem, exquisitely shaped a…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Hunter is a master at creating these types of indelibly flawed characters, and his sensitive writing is beautifully complemented by Joe Mantello's typically precise direction and the superb …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Now that I am done telling friends to grab tickets to Little Bear Ridge Road, let's tell you about Samuel D. Hunter's latest drama, which opened on Thursday at the Booth Theatre. Little Bear…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 28, 2025
1970s, Ohio. Lizzie gathers a group of women to talk about changing their lives, and the world. What follows is a necessary, messy, and bitingly funny exploration of what it means to be free…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:48PM[SHARE]If there is a show that can make the case for a Tony Award for best ensemble, it's this one. White directs the actors like a conductor leading an orchestra: Each one gets to shine in at leas…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:48PM[SHARE]Since seeing it earlier this year, I've found myself mentally comparing everything else onstage to Liberation, and frankly, not many other shows compare. Liberation is a must see.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:48PM[SHARE]Both times I've seen the play"Off Broadway this spring, now returning in a larger space on Broadway"I've felt unprepared for the emotional wallop it lands, the way that Wohl's work becomes c…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:48PM[SHARE]"Liberation" is a brilliant, well-acted, and sobering account of the women's rights movement, complicity, and the lens through which we view our caretakers " namely, our mothers.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]When Bess Wohl's "Liberation" opened Off Broadway all the way back in February, it would have been ridiculous to grace it with best-of superlatives. Now that "Liberation" has opened on Broad…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Whitney White's direction elicits a triumph of ensemble acting whose equipoise is a perfect realization of the play's own themes. The actors work so well together, and so unselfishly, that i…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]While Wohl's script is packed to the brim with thoughtful moments of beauty, comedy, and heartbreak, Liberation wouldn't be nearly as affecting and, sadly, relatable without its stellar cast…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]There is something different about Liberation's Broadway production. Bess Wohl's play still features the same tight ensemble as in its Off-Broadway premiere earlier this year, and it is stil…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Liberation, which premiered off-Broadway earlier this year, is a welcome original play on Broadway that relies not on marquee Hollywood names for buzz but a slate of strong performances, whi…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 10:47PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 16, 2025
RAGTIME is a sweeping musical adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel that follows three fictional families in pursuit of the American Dream at the dawn of the 20th Century: Black pianist Coalho…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:55PM[SHARE]As the plot follows the intersecting fortunes of those three characters' families, each seeking to redeem the country's promise at a time of tumultuous change, old-fashioned musical-theater …
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:52PM[SHARE]From the moment the chorus rises from the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater during the opening number of Ragtime, you know you're in for something special"a big Broadway musical with what…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:52PM[SHARE]It's a thrilling experience, though on the Vivian Beaumont Theater's vast stage this pageant of a musical feels a bit skimpy. Not that the musical needs opulent sets, but it does call for st…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:52PM[SHARE]Ragtime culminates with two huge 11 o'clock numbers, from Henry and Levy, a Tony-winner and Olivier-nominee whose names are rightfully big draws to the show. Yet the showstopping vocal momen…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:52PM[SHARE]Ragtime settles into a richer and more internal mode quickly, in a large part due to the textured performances of its leads and the thought they've applied to Ahrens and Flaherty's score.
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SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:52PM[SHARE]The original Broadway production in 1998 featured career-changing performances from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Audra McDonald and Marin Mazzie. Now, in 2025, you feel every bit as fortunate to b…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:52PM[SHARE]While deBessonet could have better provided a certain focus or point of view " Ragtime's telling of America's immigrant tale is, at this point in history, ripe for the picking " she certainl…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:52PM[SHARE]Henry has been at the forefront of Broadway leading men for 15 years, but this show is his triumph. He takes one of the most demanding roles in the Broadway canon and he does it full justice…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:52PM[SHARE]One year ago, seated at City Center, I cried at both numbers and left the theater deeply shaken. If that same power hasn't quite held, it is perhaps no fault of a broadly first-rate producti…
SOURCE: Did They Like It? at 11:51PM[SHARE]Monday, September 29, 2025
As Jacob tears through Nottingham in a whirlwind of drugs, girls, and bar fights, he makes a fatal mistake that lands him in prison. But as he struggles to accept the consequences of his act…
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