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Thursday, November 7, 2024

‘Walden’ Review: My Sister! My Twin! My Astronaut! by Jesse Green

Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters star in a new Off Broadway play that’s a climate disaster drama cohabiting with a domestic soap opera.

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Thursday, October 31, 2024

Review: A Vocally Splendid ‘Ragtime’ Raises the Roof by Jesse Green

Joshua Henry stars in an exhilarating gala revival of the 1998 musical about nothing less than the harmony and discord of America.

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Wednesday, October 30, 2024

What It Means to Make Art About Nazis Now by Jesse Green

And is the culture telling the right stories about them, at a time when it’s never felt more urgent?

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Friday, October 25, 2024

Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler Revive ‘Romeo + Juliet’ for a TikTok Generation by Jesse Green

The Broadway revival of “Romeo + Juliet” plays to the TikTok crowd. But maybe that’s a good thing.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Review: A Reverse Angle on Arthur Miller in ‘A Woman Among Women’ by Jesse Green

Julia May Jonas’s compelling play, opening the Bushwick Starr’s new theater, explores how a story written about men looks from the other side.

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

In ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ Nicole Scherzinger Is 23 Feet Tall by Jesse Green

A fascinating Broadway revival of the bombastic 1994 musical blows it up even further.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Adam Driver in ‘Hold On to Me Darling,’ a Satire of Sincerity by Jesse Green

A country music star embodies the clichés of celebrity in an Off Broadway revival of Kenneth Lonergan’s 2016 comedy.

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Review: ‘Our Town’ Starring Jim Parsons Is Still Avant-Garde After 86 Years by Jesse Green

The Thornton Wilder classic returns to Broadway, still brutal and avant-garde after 86 years.

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

In ‘The Counter,’ With Anthony Edwards, a Cup of Joe and a Side of Secrets by Jesse Green

A diner patron asks a waitress for an extraordinary side dish in Meghan Kennedy’s sweet but shaggy new play.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Review: Daniel Dae Kim as a Playwright Unmasked in ‘Yellow Face’ by Jesse Green

David Henry Hwang’s 2007 play, now in a fine Broadway revival, is a pointed critique of identity, masquerading as a mockumentary.

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Monday, September 30, 2024

Robert Downey Jr. Is a Novelist With a Novel Muse in ‘McNeal’ by Jesse Green

The “Oppenheimer” star makes his Broadway debut in Ayad Akhtar’s timely new play about a literary lion who gets assistance from A.I.

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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Review: ‘The Hills of California,’ Alive With the Sound of Music by Jesse Green

In Jez Butterworth’s compelling new play, four girls trained to sing close harmony wind up as acrimonious adults.

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Review: What’s Eating Trump? The Singing ‘Ghost of John McCain’ by Jesse Green

The former senator haunts the former president, or vice versa, in this sophomoric musical satire.

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Thursday, September 19, 2024

‘Forbidden Broadway’ Review: Let Them Somewhat Entertain You by Jesse Green

From its perch way Off Broadway, the long-running satire slings its affectionate arrows at Patti, Audra and the rest.

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Review: Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow Clean Up in ‘The Roommate’ by Jesse Green

A Bronx grifter and an Iowa homebody share a house and eventually learn from each other in this Broadway star vehicle.

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Yesterday’s Broadway Warhorses, Saddled With Today’s Concerns by Jesse Green

Revivals of “Romeo and Juliet,” “Our Town,” “Gypsy” and “Sunset Boulevard” aim to show that rethinking for the present is what makes classics classic.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2024

My Midsummer Dream: 7 Plays, 5 Days, 4 Stages, 1 Story by Jesse Green

At the Stratford Festival, a remix of genders and genres tells a brand-new, age-old tale of personal freedom.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Review: In ‘Pamela Palmer,’ a Blonde, a Gumshoe and an Existential Mystery by Jesse Green

David Ives’s new play at the Williamstown Theater Festival is less a whodunit than a who done what.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

‘Job’ Review: The Psychopath Will See You Now by Jesse Green

A patient, a shrink and a gun are the raw ingredients of a chic, sadistic Broadway thriller.

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Monday, July 22, 2024

How a Ballroom ‘Cats,’ a Gay Kiss and a Black Marine Reclaimed Old Musicals by Jesse Green

How a Black lieutenant, a gay kiss and a catless ballroom are helping reclaim Broadway classics.

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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Review: What Makes ‘Oh, Mary!” One of the Best Summer Comedies in Years by Jesse Green

Cole Escola’s dragtastic White House farce asks the immortal question: Besides that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

15 Summer Theaters for That Nearby, Out-of-Town Experience by Jesse Green

Easygoing days of drama and comedy are just a few hours away (or even closer) in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

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Thursday, June 27, 2024

‘N/A’ Review: For Nancy Pelosi and A.O.C., It’s a House Divided by Jesse Green

Is moral leadership possible without parliamentary power? Two very familiar congresswomen battle it out onstage.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Review: A ‘Ulysses’ That Squeezes Bloomsday Into 2 Hours, 40 Minutes by Jesse Green

Elevator Repair Service’s staged reading of the huge James Joyce novel retains much of its humor, pathos and bawdiness.

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

Review: A 10th Life for Those Jellicle ‘Cats,’ Now in Drag by Jesse Green

Resetting the “Memory” musical in the world of ballroom competitions makes for a joyful reincarnation.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Review: In ‘Dark Noon,’ American History Is a Shoot-’Em-Up Western by Jesse Green

A play from Denmark, with a South African cast, turns the heroic tropes of horse operas into the tools of tragedy at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.

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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Listen to the Best Songs From 8 Tony-Nominated Shows by Jesse Green

“Hell’s Kitchen,” “Stereophonic” and others are up for top prizes at Sunday’s ceremony. Our critic takes stock of their cast albums, all available now.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Review: A Glorious ‘Titanic,’ Returned From the Depths by Jesse Green

Maury Yeston’s score, stupendously played and sung, is the star of the final production of an excellent Encores! season at New York City Center.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Review: In a Nostalgic Revival, ‘Home’ Is Where the Heart Was by Jesse Green

Samm-Art Williams’s 1979 play about the uprooting of a Black farmer returns to Broadway for the first time.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Review: In ‘Breaking the Story,’ All’s Unfair in Love and War by Jesse Green

Maggie Siff plays a war journalist facing the most dangerous assignment of her life: domesticity.

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Monday, May 20, 2024

Review: In ‘Three Houses,’ a Dark Karaoke Night of the Soul by Jesse Green

It’s open mic at the post-pandemic cocktail bar where Dave Malloy’s hypnotic triptych of monodramas takes place.

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All that Chat

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