1,538 stories by "David Finkle"
★★★★★ Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman score--in two senses of the word--with this musical, Warren Carlyle helming
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★★★★☆ Jack Cummings III directs this compact revival of the charming 1925 Barry Connors drawing-room comedy
The post The Patsy: Theater-Devoted David Greenspan …
★★★★☆ Shaina Taub cements her name as composer, lyricist, bookwriter, and performer, along with impassioned others
The post Suffs: The Suffragist Movement in Hi…
★★★★☆ The reliable Dominique Morisseau scores again, with Stori Ayers firmly directing an extremely versatile cast
The post Confederates: Black Women Keenly Obs…
★★★★☆ Sam Chanse's strong new play, directed by Steve Cosson with an impressive five-member ensemble
The post what you are now: A Cambodian Family in Univers…
★★★★☆The Prospect Theater Company has Stephen Schwartz, Gretchen Cryer, Jeff Blumenkrantz, other witty songwriters on tap
The post Notes From Now: The Pandemic …
★★★☆☆ Ted Sperling conducts/directs Vanessa Williams, Elizabeth Stanley, Santino Fontana, Joanna Gleason, many more to effect
The post Anyone Can Whistle: One-N…
★★★★☆ Ciarán O'Reilly directs a worthy revival of a play about a raging pub owner bent on his own destruction
The post A Touch of the Poet: Robert Cuccioli a…
★★★☆☆ Whitney White directs a smooth ensemble portraying people trying to persist in a far-flung Southern cul-de-sac
The post On Sugarland: Playwright Aleshea …
★★★★☆ Five BIPOC playwrights, five BIPOC actors, directed by Les Waters, hit involving high notes
The post Out of Time: Five Monologues Masterfully Capturing Co…
★★★☆☆ Playwright Charly Evon Simpson has a strong but compromised say, mightily helped by her director and cast
The post sandblasted: The Place of Black Women T…
★★★★☆ A smart cast, under Knud Adams' smart direction, speak in two tongues but both English
The post English: Playwright Sanaz Toossi Looks at Language in So M…
★★★★☆ Arin Arbus directs a cast in which some act flashily and some put too much flash in their acting
The post The Merchant of Venice: John Douglas Thompson's…
★★★★☆ Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and inspired colleagues, under Scott Elliott's direction, examine today's racist dilemmas
The post Black No More: A New Musi…
★★★★☆ Meredith Willson's joyful musical comedy is back, with Jerry Zaks directing and Warren Carlyle choreographing
The post The Music Man: Hugh Jackman, Sutton…
★★★☆☆ Playwright Dave Harris plucks characters from long-repudiated minstrel shows to make his sadly pertinent points
The post Tambo & Bones: American Racis…
★★★☆☆ Choreographer Jared Grimes brings cheer to the Henry Krieger-Robet Lorick-Charles Blackwell musical, directed by Kenny Leon
The post The Tap Dance Kid: Ta…
★★★★☆ Playwright Joshua Harmon confronts anti-Semitism, with brilliant cast and strong David Cromer direction
The post Prayer for the French Republic: Will Jews…
★★★☆☆ Ricky Ian Gordon's two-act composition is bolstered by strong ensemble singing, as Bartlett Sher directs
The post Intimate Apparel: Lynn Nottage's First-R…
★☆☆☆☆ The Lizzie Fox-Lily Riopelle Two Headed Rep troupe looks back a millennium for inspiration it doesn't entirely find
The post The Collision/Martyrdom: Two …
★★☆☆☆ Director Robert O'Hara needlessly updates the master as Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp, Jason Bowen, and Ato Blankson-Wood toil
The post Long Day's Journey …
★★★★☆ Ubiquitous composer Jeanine Tesori supplies music to tunes Victoria Clark, Bonnie Milligan and cast have good times with
The post Kimberly Akimbo: David …
★★★★☆ Playwright Sylvia Khoury, director Tyne Rafaeli, four-member cast distinguish themselves on scarifying subject
The post Selling Kabul: Worthy Drama About …
★★☆☆☆ Rob McClure plays the title figure with all engines running, Jerry Zaks directs with all engines revving.
The post Mrs. Doubtfire: Musical Comedy Misfire …
★★★★☆ Randy Skinner conceives, directs and choreographs six deft singer-dancers, with sharp Barry Kleinbort book
The post Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin Hollywoo…
