306 stories by "Melissa Rose Bernardo"
★★★★☆ Aleshea Harris explores the aftermath of war and the shades of grief in a shattering new play
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★★★★✩ John Douglas Thompson brings a steadfast gaze and spine of steel to the much-maligned Shylock
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★★★✩✩ A two-man metamusical about the space race pays tribute to the power of the dog
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★★★★☆ A Great Recession"era Detroit-set play puts its stamp on Broadway
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★★★★☆ Cecily Strong headlines Jane Wagner's multicharacter meditation on humanity, interconnectedness, soup, and art
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★★★★★ Marianne Elliott directs a modern-day, gender-swapped version of the Sondheim-Furth show starring Katrina Lenk and Patti LuPone
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★★★☆☆ The OG Carrie Bradshaw dishes on her life, career, and the real Mr. Big
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★★★★☆ The fast-paced, intermission-free new play from Lynn Nottage fires off one-liners in a Midwest sandwich shop
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★★★★☆ The journalist, comedian, and serial comma supporter seeks validation in an autobiographical one-woman show
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★★★★☆ The 1983 musical gets a 2021 makeover courtesy of Out of the Box Theatrics
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★★★☆☆ John Doyle's revival of the Sondheim-Weidman musical is well performed but brutally heavy-handed
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★★★☆☆ The musical version of Tom McCarthy's 2007 film expands its view but loses its heart
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★★★★☆ Blair Brown, Edie Falco, and Marin Ireland play mother, daughter, granddaughter, and many more in an affecting new drama
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★★☆☆☆ The new play from fairytale-loving Douglas Carter Beane lacks the magic touch
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★★★☆☆ Irish siblings bicker and banter in an amusing but unremarkable black comedy
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★★★★☆ Lucas Hnath's 75-minute docudrama uses his mother's experience"and her voice"to tell her terrifying story
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★★★☆☆ Rajiv Joseph's new play explores the confessional power of the pen and paper
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★★★★☆ The FBI interrogation of an unlikely whistleblower yields a powerful docudrama
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★★★★★ Henry VIII's wives get the royal treatment in this 80-minute musical celebration of girl power
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★★★☆☆ Bryonha Marie Parham shines as a pop star searching for a comeback in this showbiz-centered musical
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★★★★☆ Jocelyn Bioh's smart Harlem-set spin on Shakespeare is the joyous kick we all need right now
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★★★★☆ That former den of iniquity, the Meatpacking District, plays host to a sin-inspired evening
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★★★☆☆ Is it theater? Is it disco? Either way, it's a safety-conscious, socially distant 55-minute experience. Â
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★★★★★ Wilson's Chicago-set 1920s play gets a magnificent, melodic Netflix transfer
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★★★★✩ As the song says: "Go big or you've blown it!" Director Ryan Murphy takes the lyric to heart in this sparkle-, shimmer-, and sequin-heavy adaptation.
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