Tuesday, April 25, 2023
★★★★☆ Not every woman wants " or needs " a makeover, but plenty of women enjoy initiating them. Toxic or benevolent? You get to decide.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 11, 2023
★★★★☆ Fledgling playwright Julia Izumi works out Tolstoy's dictum about families unhappy and otherwise in this loopy portrait of three adult Asian adoptees.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 6, 2023
★★★★☆ Chaucer's outspoken, sex-positive "Wife of Bath," as updated by Zadie Smith, has some insights to share, along with a remedial agenda.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 15, 2023
★★★☆☆ Suzan-Lori Parks musicalizes the 1972 film with a skilled cast and crew but sugarcoats the original's gritty realism
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:57PM[SHARE]Friday, March 10, 2023
★★★★☆ A trio of differently abled performers embody Ryan J. Haddad's rollicking collection of real-life tales.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:50AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 7, 2023
★★★★☆ With this, her first produced work, Nottage tossed out the rulebook for "well-made" plays and came up with a doozy.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:58PM[SHARE]Monday, March 6, 2023
★★☆☆☆ Anyone who attempts to tread in Wilde's footsteps had better be devilishly adroit " sadly not the case in this clumsy exercise.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:40PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 2, 2023
★★★★★ Alexander Zeldin's "you-are-there" study of a London housing shelter delivers edge-of-the-seat impact
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 28, 2023
★★★☆☆ Hovering midway between parody and homage, this modernist rendering of a justifiable classic proves neither illuminating nor much fun.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:28PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 14, 2023
★★★★★ Finally, a kiddie show with an on-point message, snazzily presented.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:58PM[SHARE]Monday, February 6, 2023
★★★☆☆ Maybe take a step back if your babysitter offers to "co-parent"? A cautionary tale from the mommy-wars front.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:07PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 18, 2022
Alt-darling Justin Vivian Bond celebrates the true spirit of the season.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 15, 2022
★★★★★ With words and gestures alone, Eddie Izzard recreates Dickens' beloved bildungsroman.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 7, 2022
★★★★☆ What with all the treacle on offer this month, you may savor something a little more spicy.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:51PM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2022
★★★★★ Traversing the entire Black experience in the U.S., "Mo'" is a bumpy ride " one you don't want to miss.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:25PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 27, 2022
★★★★☆ The inventive, nonexploitative circus flies high in this, its 45th embodiment.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:50PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 20, 2022
★★☆☆☆ The entire Judeo-Christian creation myth, wrapped in one woman's very trying week.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 16, 2022
★★★☆☆ A rare opportunity to hang out with London's witty literary crowd, circa 1770.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 10, 2022
★★★★★ The last chapter in a young girl's abbreviated life proves heartwarmingly hilarious
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:52PM[SHARE]Monday, November 7, 2022
★★☆☆☆ Unimaginatively script aside, this rehashed fairy tale features some spectacular dancing.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 6, 2022
★★★★☆ Playwright Noah Diaz probes one salient flaw in the human condition: mortality.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, November 3, 2022
★★★☆☆ Newcomer Casey Likes shines as a 15-year-old rock-journo wannabe, growing up fast in 1973.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:53PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 2, 2022
★★★★☆ Portraying the acclaimed late author, an equally celebrated actor acclimates us to the inevitability of loss.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:01PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 30, 2022
★★☆☆☆ Jim Parsons puts in minimal effort in portraying a driven, passionate "nobody."
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 05:58PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 27, 2022
★★★★☆ Has God left the building? Nine religious professionals, of varied faiths, suspect that the party may be over.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:51PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 22, 2022
★★★☆☆ Two women barricade themselves against the outside world and seek refuge in one another's company.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:55PM[SHARE]Friday, October 21, 2022
★★★★☆ Relive the agonies of your first romantic entanglements -- prompted by an extraordinarily honest and insightful sympathizer.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2022
★★★★★ It's a story as old as Cain and Abel, but Suzan-Lori Parks made it contemporary and compelling -- a neo-classic.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2022
★★★★☆ Reed and Ephraim Birney (father and son) recreate a doctor-patient relationship from 1945 that delivers equal parts shock and awe.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 18, 2022
★★★★☆ The course of true love endures some rough -- but riveting -- turns in Emma Rice's imaginative musical rendering.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM[SHARE]Monday, October 3, 2022
★★☆☆☆ Why flatten the affect of two powerful orators? Baldwin's points bear repeating; Buckley's condescension rankles as ever.
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