312 stories by "Melissa Rose Bernardo"
★★★★★ Nothing could be better than an extra-intimate evening with Chekhov's temperamental, depressive characters
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★★★☆☆ Kenny Leon puts family front and center in this contemporary take on Shakespeare's tragedy
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★★★★☆ Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas' operatic musical soars with Ruthie Ann Miles and Anna Zavelson
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★★★★★ The convulsively funny confessional comes from the West End to NYC
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★★★☆☆ Plunge into the 1970s Irish punk scene with this indie movie turned amiable musical
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★★★★☆ Grab a mai tai and settle in for Eboni Booth's delicate world-premiere drama
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★★★☆☆ Mira Nair's beloved 22-year-old movie takes the long road to the stage
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★★★★☆ Rajiv Joseph shoots and scores with his new two-character LeBron James"inspired dramedy
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★★★★★ Revenge is a dish best served smoked in this backyard barbecue Bard-inspired Pulitzer winner
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★★★★☆ Clare Perkins gives a tour de force performance as the very liberated much-married woman of Chaucerian fame
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★★★★☆ Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford topline a grand revival of the 1979 musical about a bloodthirsty barber and his pastry-making accomplice
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★★★★☆ The steps are Fosse's, the vision is Wayne Cilento's: a valentine to the nine-time Tony-winning director-choreographer
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★★★★☆ Encores! shines a spotlight on yet another overlooked Jerry Herman musical with a troubled history and memorable score
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★★★★☆ The British performer mixes poetry, music, comedy, and piles and piles of orange balloons in his Olivier Award"nominated play
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★★★★☆ Lynn Nottage's 1950s-set richly crafted coming-of-age play gets its first New York restaging thanks to the Keen Company
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★★★★☆ Sarah Ruhl's newest work proves a deeply moving meditation on life and the afterlife
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★★★☆☆ Lorraine Hansberry's unheralded, untidy ode to 1960s NYC gets a high-wattage off-Broadway production
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★★★☆☆ Lizzie Borden, Sharon Tate, and Ibsen (sort of) collide in Bedlam's period-slash-contemporary piece
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★★★★☆ Anna Ziegler's new play tackles identity, religion, career, and marriage
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★★☆☆☆ Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel team up for an unpromising new musical at the Atlantic
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★★★★★ Classical Theatre of Harlem's acclaimed summer staging returns for a short winter stint
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★★★★☆ Bill Irwin and John Douglas Thompson headline Irish Rep's revival of the 1957 tragicomedy
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★★★★☆ In his newest one-man show, the comedian reminds us of the importance of informal in-person interaction
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★★★★☆ A musical satire centered on the abortion debate? Only from the provocative, topical, and always edgy Lightning Rod Special.
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★★★★☆ Writer-performer Carol Mazhuvancheril reconciles growing up (and eventually coming out) in India, Austria, and America
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