494 stories by "MICHAEL SOMMERS"
★★☆☆☆ Mad fashionistas, fanciful couture and a melancholy baby do not a party make
The post House of McQueen: Luke Newton stars in a terribly respectful bio-dra…
★★★☆☆ A comedian delivers nice family dish instead of a steaming roast
The post Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride, Another Jersey Boy's Story appeared first…
★★★☆☆ Two dozen stainless, steely ABBA hits are the stars of a limited engagement
The post Mamma Mia!: Thank You for the Music appeared first on New York Stage …
★★★★☆ Michael Chernus and Quincy Tyler Bernstine head a smart premiere of an intriguing American drama
The post Well, I'll Let You Go: Piecing a poignant puzzle…
★★★☆☆ Morgan Bassichis evolves under the influence of comic Frank Maya and director Sam Pinkleton
The post Can I Be Frank?: Being Present about the Past appeare…
★★★☆☆ Director Sam Pinkleton stages a solo show driven by 2,000 slides in 80 minutes
The post ta-da!: Josh Sharp shares the gay times of his life appeared first…
★★★★☆ Dan Butler leads a superb ensemble in Irish Repertory Theatre staging of Conor McPherson's haunting drama
The post The Weir: Naturally Supernatural appear…
★★★★★ A modern music-drama looks and sounds beautiful outdoors at Little Island Park
The post The Gospel at Colonus: A grand and glorious revival appeared first…
★★★★☆ Louisa Jacobson busts loose as a prep school jock in a look at toxic boys
The post Trophy Boys: The guilted age appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★☆☆ A meta-theatrical drama conjures a queer romance for the House of Windsor
The post Prince Faggot: A royal fairy tale unravels appeared first on New York S…
★★★★☆ Montreal's 7 Fingers physical theater troupe visits PAC NYC in lower Manhattan
The post Passengers: A Classy Party of Tip-Top Cirque-Style Artists Take th…
★★☆☆☆ A grant-winning genius bites the philanthropic hands that feed him
The post Prosperous Fools: Taylor Mac Attacks, Unpersuasively appeared first on New Yor…
★★★★☆ Director Sam Gold's staging exhibits a nice American guy going wrong
The post Angry Alan: John Krasinski Swallows the Red Pill appeared first on New York …
★★★☆☆ New Federal Theatre delivers a drama about the 1881 Atlanta washerwomen's strike
The post The Wash: Airing a Ripe Slice of American History appeared first…
★★★☆☆ NSangou Njikam's show sees a Yoruban deity preach positivity in a string of stories
The post A Freeky Introduction: Divine Wisdom for Being Your Best Sexy…
★★★☆☆ Gen Z vloggers seek clicks and a missing chick in mixed-up new musical
The post The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse: Skanks for the Y2K memories appeared fir…
★★☆☆☆ Elizabeth Marvel shoots a gallery of swans in lovely circumstances
The post Five Models in Ruins, 1981: Dressed for Excess appeared first on New York Stag…
★★★★☆ David Yazbek and Itamar Moses craft a rowdy tuner about a surprisingly lively corpse
The post Dead Outlaw: Macabre, Morbid, and Wickedly Smart appeared fi…
★★★★☆ David Hyde Pierce, Jinkx Monsoon and Ramin Karimloo sail away in a Gilbert & Sullivan showboat
The post Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Bright and Bree…
★★★★☆ Taylor Trensch, Jason Gotay, and Lizzie McAlpine are notable in LCT's revival of a sorrowful musical drama
The post Floyd Collins: Jeremy Jordan goes deep…
★★★★☆ Deirdre O'Connell and John Ellison Conlee head a bill of diverse acts at the Public Theater
The post Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp: Caryl Churchill Va…
★★★☆☆ Colt Coeur and WP Theater premiere a study of Black artists exploiting their cultural identity
The post minor.ity: Talking ident.ity, creativ.ity, authent…
★★☆☆☆ Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman recycle their TV score for the stage
The post Smash: Marilyn, We Hardly Knew Ye appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★★☆ Mona Pirnot composes an Escher-like solo comedy about the very artist who is performing it
The post I'm Assuming You Know David Greenspan: Singular Theate…
★★★☆☆ Juan Castano, Ryan Spahn and Julia Chan comprise a troubled throuple
The post Danger and Opportunity:Â Â Up Close and Personal with a Polyamorous Trio…