Sunday, December 21, 2025

Picnic at Hanging Rock: Tasty Picnic, Some Ants Intruding by David Finkle

★★★☆☆ Hilary Bell, Greta Gertler Gold musicalize scary novel and movie, Portia Kreigler directs The post Picnic at Hanging Rock: Tasty Picnic, Some Ants Intruding appeared first on…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:44PM
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Amahl and the Night Visitors: Grand Opera, Grandly Done by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ Gian Carlo Menotti's one-act opera shines as a holiday attraction The post Amahl and the Night Visitors: Grand Opera, Grandly Done appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM

Amahl and the Night Visitors: Kid’s Stuff or What? by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Kenny Leon strategically stages Gian Carlo Menotti’s 45-minute chamber opera The post Amahl and the Night Visitors: Kid’s Stuff or What? appeared first on New York Stage …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Tartuffe: Sparkling Wine, Without the Sparkle by Steven Suskin

★★☆☆☆ Matthew Broderick and David Cross in Lucas Hnath’s Adaptation of Molière The post Tartuffe: Sparkling Wine, Without the Sparkle appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:01PM

Tartuffe: Lucas Hnath Runs Out of Rhymes on Molière’s Classic by David Finkle

★★☆☆☆ Sarah Benson's lively direction can't overcome adaptor Hnath's careless Molière treatment The post Tartuffe: Lucas Hnath Runs Out of Rhymes on Molière’s Classic appeared…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:00PM
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Anna Christie: The Sea-Themed Drama Docks at the Brooklyn Waterfront by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Michelle Williams plays a hooker with a heart of coal in Eugene O’Neill’s 1921 drama The post Anna Christie: The Sea-Themed Drama Docks at the Brooklyn Waterfront appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:30PM

Anna Christie: That ‘Ole Devil Play by Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Michelle Williams, Tom Sturridge, and Brian d'Arcy James star in Thomas Kail's revival of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The post Anna Christie: That ‘Ole De…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:29PM
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Porgy and Bess: Masterful Masterwork at Met by Steven Suskin

★★★★☆ The George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward-Ira Gershwin folk musical in fine, full form The post Porgy and Bess: Masterful Masterwork at Met appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 05:26PM
Monday, December 8, 2025

Marjorie Prime: The Future is Now by Frank Scheck

★★★★★ June Squibb, Cynthia Nixon and Danny Burstein in this Broadway revival of Jordan Harrison's sci-fi-tinged drama. The post Marjorie Prime: The Future is Now appeared first on…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PM

Marjorie Prime: A Very Real Exploration of Memory and Loss, Powered by AI by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ A superb cast of four anchors Jordan Harrison’s future-set drama The post Marjorie Prime: A Very Real Exploration of Memory and Loss, Powered by AI appeared first on New Yo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:29PM
Sunday, December 7, 2025

It’s A Wonderful Life: Live And Life-Affirming On Stage by Roma Torre

★★★★☆ The Irish Rep resurrects its heart-warming adaptation of the film classic. The post It’s A Wonderful Life: Live And Life-Affirming On Stage appeared first on New York Stag…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:08PM
Thursday, December 4, 2025

A Christmas Carol: Rings the Bell Downtown by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Michael Cerveris is Scrooge in a Holiday Return of the Matthew Warchus/Old Vic show The post A Christmas Carol: Rings the Bell Downtown appeared first on New York Stage Revie…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:02PM
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Gotta Dance!: Gotta Dance Better Than This! by David Finkle

★★☆☆☆ American Dance Machine lacks sufficient flair reviving favorite choreographed numbers The post Gotta Dance!: Gotta Dance Better Than This! appeared first on New York Stage R…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:59PM

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions: Queer Doings at the Park Avenue Armory by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ A 15-member ensemble spins through the musical rise and fall of a patriarchal society The post The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions: Queer Doings at the Park Ave…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:45PM
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Gruesome Playground Injuries: Not All Wounds Are On the Outside by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Nicholas Braun and Kara Young play childhood friends reckoning with a lifetime of hurt The post Gruesome Playground Injuries: Not All Wounds Are On the Outside appeared first…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 04:00PM

Sweet Smell of Success: Hamlisch Musical Returns, with Improvements by Steven Suskin

★★★☆☆ Concert version suggests a potential future for the all-but-forgotten Hamlisch-Carnelia-Guare musical The post Sweet Smell of Success: Hamlisch Musical Returns, with Improve…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:33PM
Thursday, November 20, 2025

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York): Charming Musical Rom-Com Isn’t Heavy Lifting by Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Sam Tutty and Christiani Pitts star in this London import that could be a sleeper hit. The post Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York): Charming Musical Rom-Com Isn’…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York): A Tasty Slice of Cake by David Finkle

★★★★☆ Musical import tells sweet-bitter tale of Brit and American finding each other and themselves The post Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York): A Tasty Slice of Cake app…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM

Initiative: Dungeons & Dragons And Sex, Oh My by Bob Verini

★★★★☆ The travails of adolescence get a hard-hitting and sympathetic airing in a work of epic proportions The post Initiative: Dungeons & Dragons And Sex, Oh My appeared first …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:56PM
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

This World of Tomorrow: Time Travel Story Suffers from Déjà Vu by Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Tom Hanks and Kelli O'Hara star in this sci-fi romance co-written by Hanks and James Glossman The post This World of Tomorrow: Time Travel Story Suffers from Déjà Vu appear…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:30PM

This World of Tomorrow: Go for Tom Hanks, Stay for Kelli O’Hara by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Kenny Leon directs a 150-year-spanning sci-fi-tinged New York play The post This World of Tomorrow: Go for Tom Hanks, Stay for Kelli O’Hara appeared first on New York Stage…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:29PM

Practice: Theater Games and Mind Games by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Nazareth Hassan’s new backstage dramedy studies process and power The post Practice: Theater Games and Mind Games appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM
Monday, November 17, 2025

Meet the Cartozians: Armenians in America, Then and Now by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Andrea Martin sparks David Cromer’s Second Stage premiere of a meaningful comedy of racial identity The post Meet the Cartozians: Armenians in America, Then and Now appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM

Meet the Cartozians: A People Proud, A History Melancholy by Bob Verini

★★★☆☆ A skillful cast explores the Armenian American experience across two eras, a century apart The post Meet the Cartozians: A People Proud, A History Melancholy appeared first o…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Revival Spells S-U-C-C-E-S-S by Roma Torre

★★★★☆ A new production of the Tony-nominated musical comedy goes to the head of the class The post The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Revival Spells S-U-C-C-E-S-S appeared…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Chess: Thank You for the Music by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ The cult musical’s Broadway revival highlights its addictive ABBA melodies and lively Tim Rice lyrics The post Chess: Thank You for the Music appeared first on New York St…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:00PM

Chess: Just Another Bored Game by Bob Verini

★★☆☆☆ Two musical theater kings and a queen strive mightily with a famously elusive concept album, but play to a draw The post Chess: Just Another Bored Game appeared first on New …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:59PM
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Oedipus: All About My Mother by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Lesley Manville and Mark Strong have disturbingly good chemistry as theater’s most famous twice-related couple The post Oedipus: All About My Mother appeared first on New Y…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:59PM

Oedipus: Fate Comes for Us All by Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Mark Strong and Lesley Manville deliver shattering performances in Robert Ickes’ modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy The post Oedipus: Fate Comes for Us All appe…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:58PM

The Seat of Our Pants: Too Mild Wilder by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Ruthie Ann Miles shines amid Ethan Lipton’s respectful musical version of a mad Thornton Wilder classic The post The Seat of Our Pants: Too Mild Wilder appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:15PM
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Archduke: Murder, He Says by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Patrick Page blazes as a Balkans terrorist in Rajiv Joseph’s what-if World War I history play The post Archduke: Murder, He Says appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:30PM

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