306 stories by "Melissa Rose Bernardo"
★★★☆☆ 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
The post The Wife of Willesden: Zadie Smith Pa…
★★★★☆ 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
The post Dear World: A Macaron-Swee…
★★★★☆ 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
The post Letters From Max, a ritual: A Playwright and Poet Open Their…
★★★☆☆ 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
The post Fall River Fishing: Black Comedy With a Side …
★★★★☆ 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
The post Cornelia Street: A Hazy New York Nostalgia Trip appeared fi…
★★★★★ Classical Theatre of Harlem's acclaimed summer staging returns for a short winter stint
The post Twelfth Night: A Terrific Trimmed-Down Take on Shakespear…
★★★★☆ Bill Irwin and John Douglas Thompson headline Irish Rep's revival of the 1957 tragicomedy
The post Endgame: A Fine-Tuned Production of Beckett's Favorite…
★★★★☆ In his newest one-man show, the comedian reminds us of the importance of informal in-person interaction
The post Small Talk: Colin Quinn On the Lost Art …
★★★★☆ 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
The post Song of Joy: A One-Man Tr…
★★★★★ Eight years after its premiere, the Austin Pendleton"directed production of Stephen Adly Guirgis' play is as gripping as ever
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★★★★★ To quote one of the songs from the much-maligned, but very beloved, musical: It's a hit!
The post Merrily We Roll Along: How We Learned to Stop Worrying …
★★★☆☆ Will Swenson shines in flashy bio-musical salute to the singer-songwriter with a voice like "gravel wrapped in velvet"
The post A Beautiful Noise: Reachi…
★★★★☆ Deirdre O'Connell plays a descendant of an accused Salem witch in Sarah Ruhl's newest play
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★★★★☆ The hit London musical arrives on Broadway with cannons of confetti and a catalog full of chart-toppers
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