494 stories by "MICHAEL SOMMERS"
★★★☆☆ Oscar Wilde's tale is distilled as a succession of images reflecting a beauty with a beastly ego
The post The Picture of Dorian Gray: Sarah Snook Slays wi…
★★★☆☆ LaChanze stages a sharp vintage study of sex and class in mid-1960s Harlem
The post Wine in the Wilderness: Alice Childress Reads the Black Bougie Gaze ap…
★★★★☆ A screwball musical from London rolls onto Broadway
The post Operation Mincemeat: A Comical Slice of World War II Lore appeared first on New York Stage Re…
★★★★☆ Vintage Afro-Cuban songs pack a unique new jukebox musical
The post Buena Vista Social Club: How to Make Beautiful Music in Havana appeared first on New Y…
★★★★☆ Expect no Russian dressing but plenty of Irish accents in this Chekhov adaptation
The post Vanya: Andrew Scott Goes Virtuoso in a Solo Show appeared first…
★★★☆☆ Unknown tunes from a songwriter's trunk get nicely noted
The post The Jonathan Larson Project: Seasoned with Love appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★☆☆☆ Mothers and daughters then and now dig around a family tree
The post The Great Privation: Black Family History Lost and Found appeared first on New York S…
★★★☆☆ Lisa Sanye Dring's new drama studies Japan's national sport
The post SUMO: Wrestling with Higher Desires appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★☆☆☆☆ Julia Child's 18th-century spiritual ancestor gets a raw deal at 59E59
The post Sugarcraft: A Scoop of Culinary History Spoiled by the Serving appeared fi…
★★★★☆ Paul Sparks and Brian J. Smith play brothers and others in Samuel D. Hunter's thoughtful new drama
The post Grangeville: No Thanks for the Memories appear…
★★★☆☆ Michael John LaChiusa's music-theater work returns in a smart concert staging in New Jersey
The post Queen of the Mist: Mary Testa Goes over Niagara Falls…
★★★☆☆ An antique British drama about class struggle gets freshly Minted
The post Garside's Career: The Rise and Fall of a Silver-Tongued Speaker appeared first …
★★★☆☆ Jay O. Sanders and Dakin Matthews head TFANA's versatile ensemble
The post Henry IV: Fathers and Sons and Falstaff in the Round appeared first on New York…
★★★☆☆ Fred Weller and Kate Arrington portray soul mates in a poetic romance
The post How Is It That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice: Len Jenkin Conjures a Love S…
★★★☆☆ Khawla Ibraheem depicts a mom in desperate straits
The post A Knock on the Roof:Â Â Everyday life and death in Gaza appeared first on New York Stage R…
★★☆☆☆ NAATCO stages a pleasant if patchy all-female, all-Asian American revival
The post Cymbeline: Shakespeare Lite, more easily rephrased than actually done a…
★★★☆☆ Robert Schenkkan's semi-satirical historical study appears Under the Radar
The post Old Cock: Fowl Doings all the Way from Portugal appeared first on New …
★★★★☆ Program A features a spooky Giselle plus a bright new Balanchine tribute
The post Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Gives you the "Wilis" and more ap…
★★★★★ Bill Irwin, Jessica Hecht and company bring great distinction to the Broadway season
The post Eureka Day: Woke's the Word in Jonathan Spector's Timely Co…
★★★☆☆ Zachary Quinto heads the ensemble for Leslye Headland's new play
The post Cult of Love: They'll Be Home for Christmas, If Not So Dreamily appeared first o…
★★★☆☆ Ethan Lipton and cohorts musically ponder artificial intelligence and other smart matters
The post We Are Your Robots: "What do you want, my human friends…
★★★☆☆ Lincoln Center Theater produces Katori Hall's tasty though overstuffed drama
The post The Blood Quilt: Piecing Together a Black Family's History appeared …
★★★★☆ Marisa Tomei heads The New Group's smart staging of Jessica Goldberg's drama
The post Babe: Sex, Rock and Gen Z in a Tik-Tok Workplace appeared first on N…
★★☆☆☆ Elton John's uninspired score scarcely uplifts a new bio-musical
The post Tammy Faye: Brit Tuner Sings the Red, White and Boo-Hoo Blues appeared first on …
★★★★☆ Darren Criss and Helen J Shen star in a bittersweet new musical about bots in love
The post Maybe Happy Ending: Beguiling Musical Charmer from Korea appea…