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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Review: Student Body at curtainup.com/ by Michael Bracken

The surprising thing is how DiPietro's script combines humorous fluff with substantial emotion. Its seemingly opposing aspects complement each other. Not an easy thing to pull off.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:17AM
Monday, September 28, 2015

Review: Antigone at curtainup.com by Michael Bracken

It's unfortunate that director van Hove wasn't able to point his leading lady in the right direction. But with its otherwise excellent cast and the director's sense of both the minimal and t…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:11PM
Friday, August 21, 2015

Review: Mercury Fur at curtainup.com by Michael Bracken

Philip Ridley creates a mounting sense of urgency and the New Group's Scott Elliott pulls it all together . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:51AM
Saturday, August 1, 2015

Review:the dreamer examines his pillow at curtainup.com by Michael Bracken

John Patrick Shanley's 1986 play by the Attic Theater Company at the Flea. . . . Read More

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:00AM
Friday, July 10, 2015

Review: Sayonara the Musical by Michael Bracken

Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's musical is, like the James Michener novel on which it's based, a study of Yankee bigotry in post-World War II Japan, and it's not a pretty picture.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:04AM
Thursday, June 11, 2015

Review: 10 Out of 12 at curtainup.com/ by Michael Bracken

Playwright Anne Washburn, with director Les Waters, creates an exaggerated melodramatic sensibility that is completely copacetic with the horror movie genre to which it is wed . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:46AM
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Review: Toast at curtainup.com/ by Michael Bracken

Attica, 1971. The famous prison on the eve of its infamous riots is the setting for Lemon Andersen's play. But if you're expecting outsize brutality and barbarians at the gate, you're at the…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:55AM
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Review: The Belle of Belfast at curtainup.com/ by Michael Bracken

well-structured, skillfully drawn, and slyly entertaining. If only it were less hollow

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:10PM
Monday, March 9, 2015

Review: The Mystery of Love and Sex at curtainup.com/ by Michael Bracken

Bathsheba Doran's play doesn't purport to have profound answers or even ask probing questions. It's an observation of the human species laid bare, simple and complex at the same time. .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:53AM
Friday, January 30, 2015

Review: Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe at curtainup.com/ http://www.curtainup by Michael Bracken

Not for the staid traditionalist, but an exciting and decidedly different entertainment.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:25PM
Monday, January 12, 2015

Curtainup Interview: Downtown or Uptown, the Role's the Thing for Reed Birney, An Actor's Actor at curtainup.com by Michael Bracken

Downtown or Uptown, the Role's the Thing for Reed Birney, An Actor's Actor

SOURCE: at 11:29AM
Friday, December 19, 2014

Review: Beware Of Young Girls: Kate Dimbleby Sings The Dory Previn Story at curtainup.com/ by Michael Bracken

Dimbleby is fantastic as Dory. With a voice that's warm, clear and full, she delivers Previn's gems with flawless phrasing and meticulous shading.

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:02AM
Friday, November 21, 2014

Review:Pitbulls at curtainup.com/ by Michael Bracken

a new play by Keith Josef Adkins at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:46AM
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Review: Straight White Men by Michael Bracken

Young Jean Lee's latest play at the Public Theater. .

SOURCE: at 07:06AM
Monday, November 10, 2014

Review:Saturday Night at curtainup.com/ by Michael Bracken

The York's Musicals In Mufti production is a portrait — or at least a snapshot — of a young artist whose contribution to musical theater would go on to be enormous

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:31PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards