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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

A Freeky Introduction: Divine Wisdom for Being Your Best Sexy Self by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ NSangou Njikam's show sees a Yoruban deity preach positivity in a string of stories The post A Freeky Introduction: Divine Wisdom for Being Your Best Sexy…

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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse: Skanks for the Y2K memories by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Gen Z vloggers seek clicks and a missing chick in mixed-up new musical The post The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse: Skanks for the Y2K memories appeared fir…

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Monday, May 5, 2025

Five Models in Ruins, 1981: Dressed for Excess by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Elizabeth Marvel shoots a gallery of swans in lovely circumstances The post Five Models in Ruins, 1981: Dressed for Excess appeared first on New York Stag…

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Sunday, April 27, 2025

Dead Outlaw: Macabre, Morbid, and Wickedly Smart by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ David Yazbek and Itamar Moses craft a rowdy tuner about a surprisingly lively corpse The post Dead Outlaw: Macabre, Morbid, and Wickedly Smart appeared fi…

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Thursday, April 24, 2025

Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Bright and Breezy in the Big Easy by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ David Hyde Pierce, Jinkx Monsoon and Ramin Karimloo sail away in a Gilbert & Sullivan showboat The post Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Bright and Bree…

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Monday, April 21, 2025

Floyd Collins: Jeremy Jordan goes deep as a forgotten headliner from 1925 by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Taylor Trensch, Jason Gotay, and Lizzie McAlpine are notable in LCT's revival of a sorrowful musical drama The post Floyd Collins: Jeremy Jordan goes deep…

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp: Caryl Churchill Vaudeville by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Deirdre O'Connell and John Ellison Conlee head a bill of diverse acts at the Public Theater The post Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp: Caryl Churchill Va…

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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

minor.ity: Talking ident.ity, creativ.ity, authentic.ity, commun.ity by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Colt Coeur and WP Theater premiere a study of Black artists exploiting their cultural identity The post minor.ity: Talking ident.ity, creativ.ity, authent…

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Thursday, April 10, 2025

Smash: Marilyn, We Hardly Knew Ye by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman recycle their TV score for the stage The post Smash: Marilyn, We Hardly Knew Ye appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Monday, April 7, 2025

I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan: Singular Theater Talk by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Mona Pirnot composes an Escher-like solo comedy about the very artist who is performing it The post I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan: Singular Theate…

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Friday, April 4, 2025

Danger and Opportunity:  Up Close and Personal with a Polyamorous Trio by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Juan Castano, Ryan Spahn and Julia Chan comprise a troubled throuple The post Danger and Opportunity:  Up Close and Personal with a Polyamorous Trio…

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Thursday, March 27, 2025

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Sarah Snook Slays with Multiple Selfies and Multimedia Screens by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Oscar Wilde's tale is distilled as a succession of images reflecting a beauty with a beastly ego The post The Picture of Dorian Gray: Sarah Snook Slays wi…

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Monday, March 24, 2025

Wine in the Wilderness: Alice Childress Reads the Black Bougie Gaze by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ LaChanze stages a sharp vintage study of sex and class in mid-1960s Harlem The post Wine in the Wilderness: Alice Childress Reads the Black Bougie Gaze ap…

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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Operation Mincemeat: A Comical Slice of World War II Lore by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ A screwball musical from London rolls onto Broadway The post Operation Mincemeat: A Comical Slice of World War II Lore appeared first on New York Stage Re…

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Buena Vista Social Club: How to Make Beautiful Music in Havana by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Vintage Afro-Cuban songs pack a unique new jukebox musical The post Buena Vista Social Club: How to Make Beautiful Music in Havana appeared first on New Y…

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Vanya: Andrew Scott Goes Virtuoso in a Solo Show by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Expect no Russian dressing but plenty of Irish accents in this Chekhov adaptation The post Vanya: Andrew Scott Goes Virtuoso in a Solo Show appeared first…

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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

The Jonathan Larson Project: Seasoned with Love by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Unknown tunes from a songwriter's trunk get nicely noted The post The Jonathan Larson Project: Seasoned with Love appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Monday, March 10, 2025

The Great Privation: Black Family History Lost and Found by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Mothers and daughters then and now dig around a family tree The post The Great Privation: Black Family History Lost and Found appeared first on New York S…

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

SUMO: Wrestling with Higher Desires by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Lisa Sanye Dring's new drama studies Japan's national sport The post SUMO: Wrestling with Higher Desires appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Sugarcraft: A Scoop of Culinary History Spoiled by the Serving by Michael Sommers

★☆☆☆☆ Julia Child's 18th-century spiritual ancestor gets a raw deal at 59E59 The post Sugarcraft: A Scoop of Culinary History Spoiled by the Serving appeared fi…

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Monday, February 24, 2025

Grangeville: No Thanks for the Memories by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Paul Sparks and Brian J. Smith play brothers and others in Samuel D. Hunter's thoughtful new drama The post Grangeville: No Thanks for the Memories appear…

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Sunday, February 23, 2025

Queen of the Mist: Mary Testa Goes over Niagara Falls Once More by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Michael John LaChiusa's music-theater work returns in a smart concert staging in New Jersey The post Queen of the Mist: Mary Testa Goes over Niagara Falls…

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Thursday, February 20, 2025

Garside's Career: The Rise and Fall of a Silver-Tongued Speaker by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ An antique British drama about class struggle gets freshly Minted The post Garside's Career: The Rise and Fall of a Silver-Tongued Speaker appeared first …

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Henry IV: Fathers and Sons and Falstaff in the Round by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Jay O. Sanders and Dakin Matthews head TFANA's versatile ensemble The post Henry IV: Fathers and Sons and Falstaff in the Round appeared first on New York…

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How Is It That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice: Len Jenkin Conjures a Love Story by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Fred Weller and Kate Arrington portray soul mates in a poetic romance The post How Is It That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice: Len Jenkin Conjures a Love S…

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Monday, January 27, 2025

A Knock on the Roof:  Everyday life and death in Gaza by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Khawla Ibraheem depicts a mom in desperate straits The post A Knock on the Roof:  Everyday life and death in Gaza appeared first on New York Stage R…

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Sunday, January 26, 2025

Cymbeline: Shakespeare Lite, more easily rephrased than actually done by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ NAATCO stages a pleasant if patchy all-female, all-Asian American revival The post Cymbeline: Shakespeare Lite, more easily rephrased than actually done a…

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Sunday, January 12, 2025

Old Cock: Fowl Doings all the Way from Portugal by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Robert Schenkkan's semi-satirical historical study appears Under the Radar The post Old Cock: Fowl Doings all the Way from Portugal appeared first on New …

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Friday, December 20, 2024

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Gives you the "Wilis" and more by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Program A features a spooky Giselle plus a bright new Balanchine tribute The post Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Gives you the "Wilis" and more ap…

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Monday, December 16, 2024

Eureka Day: Woke's the Word in Jonathan Spector's Timely Comedy by Michael Sommers

★★★★★ Bill Irwin, Jessica Hecht and company bring great distinction to the Broadway season The post Eureka Day: Woke's the Word in Jonathan Spector's Timely Co…

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Thursday, December 12, 2024

Cult of Love: They'll Be Home for Christmas, If Not So Dreamily by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Zachary Quinto heads the ensemble for Leslye Headland's new play The post Cult of Love: They'll Be Home for Christmas, If Not So Dreamily appeared first o…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off