480 stories by "MICHAEL SOMMERS"
★★★ Good acting breathes life into a comedy that unexpectedly turns sorrowful
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★★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: An expertly staged docu-musical remains a truly heartwarming experience
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★★★ A gay romance from the 1960s glimmers within a little musical bubble
The post Midnight at the Never Get: A Moody Cabaret About the Man That Got Away appeared first on N…
★★ A mash-up of fact and fiction shows that writing plays can be harder than rocket science
The post The Winning Side: What’s Love Got to Do With Wernher Von Braun? appeare…
★★★ Anne Bogart stages a 2,400 year-old Greek drama with a few modern notes
The post The Bacchae: Euripides’ Classical Tragicomedy of Wine, Women, and Wrong appeared …
★★ Able staging and acting can do only so much with a master author's minor material
The post Final Follies: Primary Stages Trips Over a Trio of A.R. Gurney Comedies appeared fir…
★★★★ Bob Dylan songs are artfully molded into a new musical of melancholy distinction
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★★ A woeful drama (in more ways than one) is performed simultaneously in two languages
The post I Was Most Alive with You: Craig Lucas Unleashes a Tsunami of Sorrows appeared fir…
★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: A smart jukebox musical remains a some kind of wonderful Broadway attraction
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★★★ Kathryn Hunter conjures up the hothouse atmosphere of a vanished kingdom
The post The Emperor: The Curious Decline and Fall of Haile Selassie appeared first on New York…
★★★★ Richard Nelson's new version of Chekhov's intimate classic is artfully understated
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★★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: That musical madman remains as romantic as ever in his Majestic home
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★★ A play about new love and old crimes amid Ireland's rural greenery strains credulity and patience.
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★★ Inconsistent acting styles and a needless frame obscure Shaw's portrait of pre-war English society
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★★★★ A unique piece of musical theater briefly makes an inspirational reappearance
The post The Gospel at Colonus: A Joyful Noise Erupts in Central Park appeared firs…
★★★ Hershey Felder is pretty good in his modest tribute to a great American songwriter
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★★★ A thoughtful new drama is drawn from little known social practices of circa 1813 New Orleans
The post The House That Will Not Stand: Southern Women Rattle Their Chain…
★ Glitter ball melodramatics are rolled up into an unworkable musical
The post This Ain’t No Disco: Rough Times at Studio 54 appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★ Armie Hammer and others act nicely in an enigmatic Christmas story about privilege
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★★★★ An expert, energetic company makes the musical most of several dozen old-school rock 'n' roll tunes
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★★ A so-what comedy about a would-be saint is buoyed up by some enjoyable performances
The post The Saintliness of Margery Kemp: Holy Rolling Amid Medieval Times appeared first o…
★★★★ A whimsical little musical about wayward items is expertly rediscovered as a concert
The post Gone Missing: Songs and Stories From the Lost & Found Departme…
★★★★ Forget Rodgers, Kern and Romberg"let's hear it for the team of Bizet and Hammerstein!
The post Carmen Jones: An Irresistible Musical Charmer Returns to New York …
★★★ A harrowing dark comedy regards a Belfast man driven mad by a lifetime spent amid violent social conflict
The post Cyprus Avenue: Stephen Rea Meets a Dead Ringer for Ge…
★★★ Mint Theater Company discovers a worthy 1925 drama from England about the haves and have-nots
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