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★★★☆☆ A London troupe shines seriocomic light on dark wartime history
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:02PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 31, 2024
The Norwegian Father of Realism spawns a pair of contrasting plays on and off Broadway
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 4, 2024
A genius leaves a final puzzle for his fans to ponder
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:24PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2022
★★★★★ Being a trenchant and meaningfully funny comedy doesn't necessarily translate into substantial audiences
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:23PM[SHARE]Friday, September 11, 2020
★★★☆☆ The latest Zoom saga of the Apple family's doings in the pandemic remains thoughtfully everyday
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, July 2, 2020
Richard Nelson's latest Rhinebeck drama offers a chat 'n' chew over interesting times
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:10PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2020
Richard Nelson's fresh slice of Rhinebeck life is a screenshot reflection of our troubled times
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 3, 2020
★★ Richard Greenberg writes a play overstuffed with nothing interesting
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:02PM[SHARE]★★★ Grammy-winning songwriter Steve Earle lends authenticity to a docudrama
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 1, 2020
★★★★ Katori Hall composes a satisfying dramedy about black men who happen to be gay
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:01PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 25, 2020
★★★ Deirdre O'Connell delivers a striking portrait of a woman in distress
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:52PM[SHARE]★★★★ Playwright/songwriter Young Jean Lee studies an inevitable fact of life
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:49PM[SHARE]Monday, February 24, 2020
★★★★★ Lauren Yee dramatizes the Khmer Rouge nightmare with a suspenseful story
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:51PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 20, 2020
★★★ The 1957 Bernstein-Laurents-Robbins-Sondheim masterpiece gets a harsh modern makeover
The post West Side Story: Damp, Desolate, and Usually Distracting appeared first o…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:46PM[SHARE]★★★★ Jerry Herman's musical about Hollywood legends is an imperfect charmer
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2020
★★★ Pearl Cleage's 1995 drama about 1930 Harlem life receives its overdue New York premiere
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PM[SHARE]Monday, February 17, 2020
★★★★ Classic Stage delivers very different but very smart new versions of the classic horror stories, in rep
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 12, 2020
★★★ Prehistoric characters deal with global warming and learn that change is their friend
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 4, 2020
★ A dull new musical regards a not-so-fab foursome of the Swinging '60s
The post Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: They're All Talk and No Action appeared first on New York Stage …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:31PM[SHARE]Monday, February 3, 2020
★★★★ A classical ballet reimagined as a bisexual psychodrama briefly revisits New York
The post Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake: Spooky and Sexy Romance in Dance appeared …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 05:45PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 2, 2020
★★★★ Playwright Zora Howard debuts Off-Broadway with a tasty kitchen sink-type drama
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 29, 2020
★★ Charles Busch stars as a self-sacrificing mama in his send-up of Pre-Code Hollywood flicks
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:59PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 21, 2020
★★★ Eboni Booth sets her insightful working class drama in a big box store in 1995
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:58PM[SHARE]Monday, January 20, 2020
★★★ Kathryn Hunter plays the title figure in a relatively obscure play by Shakespeare (and Thomas Middleton)
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:30PM[SHARE]Friday, January 17, 2020
★★★★ A smart new docudrama studies history re-enactors whose pastime can be obsessive
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:15PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 12, 2020
★★★ Japanese playwright Suguru Yamamoto collages dance, drama, text, and video in his study of urban existence
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 18, 2019
★★★★ Sharp circus skills and eccentric machinery deliver a beguiling time
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:00PM[SHARE]Friday, December 13, 2019
★★★★ Aerialists and acrobats deliver Christmas cheer to Madison Square Garden
The post 'Twas the Night Before: Cirque du Soleil's Bright New Holiday Gift appeared fir…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2019
★★★ The sadly familiar story of a black man living with HIV gets an absurdist twist
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:59PM[SHARE]Monday, December 9, 2019
★★★ Samuel D. Hunter delivers a significant though flawed American drama
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:51PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 8, 2019
★★★ Six magicians conjure up tricks for the family crowd
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