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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

A Bright New Boise: Hunter’s First Play in off-Broadway Premiere by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Author of The Whale and A Case for the Existence of God plants his Idaho roots in this 2010 play set in a Hobby Lobby break room   The post A Bright New Boise: Hunter’s …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:01PM
Monday, December 12, 2022

Merrily We Roll Along: Opening Doors, and How! by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe star in Maria Friedman's sterling revival of the Sondheim-Furth musical The post Merrily We Roll Along: Opening Doors, an…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:58PM
Sunday, November 13, 2022

The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Laps Up Laughs, and How! by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Life, death, and the pursuit of pizza in Brooklyn The post The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Laps Up Laughs, and How! appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:53PM
Friday, November 11, 2022

John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey: East Side After Dark by Steven Suskin

The Café Carlyle back in full swing, with prime entertainment The post John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey: East Side After Dark appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:03PM
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Parade: Triumphant Return of the Jason Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry Musical by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond lead a talented cast in a stunning production of the 1998 musical The post Parade: Triumphant Return of the Jason Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry Music…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:32PM
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Straight Line Crazy: Ralph Fiennes Is Straight Line Wonderful by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ David Hare distills the rise and fall of master builder Robert Moses The post Straight Line Crazy: Ralph Fiennes Is Straight Line Wonderful appeared first on New York Stage …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:53PM
Sunday, October 9, 2022

Death of a Salesman: Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke Bring Classic to Broadway by Steven Suskin

★★★☆☆ Acclaimed London production of Miller masterwork is admirable but not quite exceptional in transfer The post Death of a Salesman: Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke Bring C…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:54PM
Thursday, October 6, 2022

1776: Founding Fathers Declare Independence, Deconstructed by Steven Suskin

★★★☆☆ The 1969 Revolutionary War musical is enhanced by the players but bloated by ineffective tinkering The post 1776: Founding Fathers Declare Independence, Deconstructed appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:55PM
Sunday, October 2, 2022

Leopoldstadt: Stoppard Examines His Roots, in Extraordinary Fashion   by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ The philosophically loquacious playwright switches gears with a gripping personal chronicle The post Leopoldstadt: Stoppard Examines His Roots, in Extraordinary Fashion   ap…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:52PM
Tuesday, June 7, 2022

The Bedwetter: A Laughing Matter, from Sarah Silverman by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Wickedly funny new musical about a sharp-tongued pre-teen with issues demonstrates growing pains    The post The Bedwetter: A Laughing Matter, from Sarah Silverman appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:52PM
Friday, May 6, 2022

Into the Woods: Sondheim Leads Encores Out of Darkness by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Sarah Bareilles, Neil Patrick Harris, Gavin Creel, and more head the cast of Lear deBessonet’s delightful production The post Into the Woods: Sondheim Leads Encores Out of …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:54PM
Monday, May 2, 2022

A Case for the Existence of God: Compellingly Good, from Samuel D. Hunter by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ David Cromer directs Kyle Beltran and Will Brill in dynamic new American play The post A Case for the Existence of God: Compellingly Good, from Samuel D. Hunter appeared firs…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:54PM
Thursday, April 28, 2022

From Paris: Tartuffe Stripped Bare (Literally) by Ivo van Hove by Steven Suskin

The Comédie-Française presents a stunningly vibrant new/old version of the classic comedy The post From Paris: Tartuffe Stripped Bare (Literally) by Ivo van Hove appeared first on New York…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:31PM
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

John Pizzarelli: Songs of Stage and Screen, at the Carlyle by Steven Suskin

The jazz great and his guitar make a most welcome return to New York's most celebrated nightclub The post John Pizzarelli: Songs of Stage and Screen, at the Carlyle appeared first on New Y…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:49PM
Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Suffs: New Musical Wins by a Landslide by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ Shaina Taub writes and stars in an exciting new musical saluting a band of forgotten but exceptional American heroes The post Suffs: New Musical Wins by a Landslide appeared …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:25PM
Thursday, March 24, 2022

To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim by Steven Suskin

A personal salute to the Master, exceptionally performed The post To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:42PM
Monday, March 21, 2022

At the Wedding: Of Canapés and Cannibals by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Nuptials upended by hilarity in Bryn Turner play at Lincoln Center Theater The post At the Wedding: Of Canapés and Cannibals appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:58PM
Friday, March 11, 2022

Anyone Can Whistle: Famously Troubled Musical, Flaws Magnified by Steven Suskin

★★★☆☆ Santino Fontana and Elizabeth Stanley shine in an under-rehearsed semi-staging of the Sondheim-Laurents not-quite-masterwork The post Anyone Can Whistle: Famously Troubled Mu…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:23AM
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

The Daughter-in-Law: Sons and Lovers and Clinging Mums by Steven Suskin

★★★☆☆ The Mint returns with D.H. Lawrence’s posthumously unearthed “problem play” The post The Daughter-in-Law: Sons and Lovers and Clinging Mums appeared first on New York S…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PM
Thursday, February 3, 2022

The Tap Dance Kid: A Boy and His Tap Shoes by Steven Suskin

★★★☆☆ Fabulous Feet, and a lot of them, at City Center The post The Tap Dance Kid: A Boy and His Tap Shoes appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:46PM
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Clyde’s: Zestfully Tasty New Play from Lynn Nottage, with Cilantro and Dill by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Tasty new play features strong cast conjuring fantastically metaphoric sandwiches The post Clyde’s: Zestfully Tasty New Play from Lynn Nottage, with Cilantro and Dill appe…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:51PM
Sunday, November 14, 2021

Baby: Charm-filled Maltby-Shire Musical Makes a Welcome Return by Steven Suskin

★★★☆☆ Out of the Box Theatrics offers a diverse and inclusive redraft of the 1983 parenthood musical The post Baby: Charm-filled Maltby-Shire Musical Makes a Welcome Return appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:50PM
Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Caroline, or Change: Sharon D Clarke Offers a Bracing Performance in Tesori-Kushner Musical by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ UK-originated revival demonstrates the power and scope of 2004 chamber musical The post Caroline, or Change: Sharon D Clarke Offers a Bracing Performance in Tesori-Kushner M…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:49PM
Sunday, October 17, 2021

American Utopia: David Byrne and His Merry Band Lift Us Back to Our Feet by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ Byrne, choreographer Annie-B Parsons, and musicians set St. James rocking The post American Utopia: David Byrne and His Merry Band Lift Us Back to Our Feet appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:50PM
Thursday, October 14, 2021

The Lehman Trilogy: Astonishing Sam Mendes Production Finally Reaches Broadway by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Adrian Lester altogether triumphant as the Brothers Lehman The post The Lehman Trilogy: Astonishing Sam Mendes Production Finally Reache…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:20PM
Sunday, October 3, 2021

Six: Hold on to Your Heads, with Cheers and Huzzahs! by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ The musical juggernaut about displaced royals delivers, with flair, exuberance, and high style The post Six: Hold on to Your Heads, with Cheers and Huzzahs! appeared first on…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:46PM
Thursday, September 9, 2021

What Happened? The Michaels Abroad: Despair, Dread, Dance, and Lasagna by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ Richard Nelson triumphantly completes his Rhinebeck Panorama, with Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders leading the troupe The post What Happened? The Michaels Abroad: Despai…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:12PM
Monday, August 9, 2021

Merry Wives: Rambunctious Romp from The Public by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Playwright Jocelyn Bioh and director Saheem Ali bring Falstaffian hijinks to Shakespeare in the Park The post Merry Wives: Rambunctious Romp from The Public appeared first on…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:51PM
Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Putting It Together: Lapine and Sondheim (and Bernadette and Mandy), Via Town Hall by Steven Suskin

A candid discussion about the creation of 'Sunday in the Park with George,' from the creators The post Putting It Together: Lapine and Sondheim (and Bernadette and Mandy), Via Town Hall app…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:52PM
Friday, March 19, 2021

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: Outlandish Comedy Is as Funny as It Gets by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver, and Kristine Nielsen in Christopher Durang's convulsively neo-Chekhovian Disneyish idyll The post Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: Ou…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:44PM
Monday, March 15, 2021

The Last Five Years: Jason Robert Brown’s Dissection of Marriage, in Song by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Dynamic two-character musical more than retains its power under the spell of Tony-winning director Jason Michael Webb The post The Last Five Years: Jason Robert Brown’s Dis…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:17PM

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