Death of a Salesman: Brian Dennehy Sells It With a Smile and a Shoeshine by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Don't miss this chance to see a revelatory revival of Arthur Miller's iconic American tragedy The post Death of a Salesman: Brian Dennehy Sells It With a …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 2:02pm on October 22, 2020[SHARE]

Coastal Elites: Paul Rudnick Rages Against the Right-Wing Machine by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Bette Midler and Sarah Paulson star in a motley collection of made-for-liberal monologues The post Coastal Elites: Paul Rudnick Rages Against the Right-Wi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00am on September 13, 2020[SHARE]

Hamilton: $7 Gets You Front-Row Access to $10 Founding Father by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ The smash-hit Broadway musical and pop-culture phenomenon gets a wide release The post Hamilton: $7 Gets You Front-Row Access to $10 Founding Father appea…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 4:26pm on July 3, 2020[SHARE]

Intermission Talk: Sondheim's Starry Online 90th Birthday Concert by Melissa Rose Bernardo

After a few technical difficulties, 'Take Me to the World' was the Sondheim celebration that theater-starved Broadway babies were waiting for The post Intermission Talk: Sondheim's Starry On…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:27pm on April 27, 2020[SHARE]

Unknown Soldier: Unraveling a Century-Spanning Family Drama by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ A new musical by Daniel Goldstein and the late Michael Friedman gets a handsome production at Playwrights Horizons The post Unknown Soldier: Unraveling a …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:30pm on March 9, 2020[SHARE]

The Hot Wing King: Katori Hall Serves Up Love and Laughs by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The author of 'Hurt Village' and 'The Mountaintop' spreads her wings with a serious relationship- and family-focused drama The post The Hot Wing King: Katori Hal…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00pm on March 1, 2020[SHARE]

We're Gonna Die: But First Let's Sing by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Young Jean Lee's show about death will send you off with a smile on your face The post We're Gonna Die: But First Let's Sing appeared first on New York Stage Rev…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:50pm on February 25, 2020[SHARE]

Cambodian Rock Band: Discovering Melody and Meaning in Tragedy by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Lauren Yee's play finally gets its New York premiere and a rockin' production at the Signature Theatre The post Cambodian Rock Band: Discovering Melody and Meani…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:50pm on February 24, 2020[SHARE]

Mack & Mabel: This One's for Jerry by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Brushed off and spiffed up, the cult favorite 1974 musical finally gets the Encores! treatment The post Mack & Mabel: This One's for Jerry appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 2:20pm on February 20, 2020[SHARE]

The Sabbath Girl: A Cute but Clichéd Cross-Cultural Rom-Com by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Cary Gitter's comedy centers on an Italian-American woman and an Orthodox Jewish knish maker in New York City The post The Sabbath Girl: A Cute but Clichéd Cross-Cultu…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:00pm on February 16, 2020[SHARE]

Hamlet: The Star's the Thing by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Oscar nominee Ruth Negga makes a stellar New York stage debut in a somewhat tedious staging of Shakespeare's soliloquy-heavy tragedy The post Hamlet: The Star's the Thi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:01pm on February 10, 2020[SHARE]

Next to Normal: It's Gonna Be Good by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Director Michael Greif brings the musical to D.C. for a brief but intensely emotional run starring Rachel Bay Jones The post Next to Normal: It's Gonna Be…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 5:24pm on January 31, 2020[SHARE]

Grand Horizons: The Kids Aren't Alright by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Bess Wohl gets big laughs from a long-married couple, their potential divorce, and their flabbergasted adult children The post Grand Horizons: The Kids Aren't Al…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:01pm on January 23, 2020[SHARE]

Timon of Athens: From Riches to Rags, With a Twist by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Shakespeare's rarely produced tale of a big-hearted spendthrift gets a powerful production with a first-rate female Timon The post Timon of Athens: From Riches t…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:32pm on January 20, 2020[SHARE]

My Name Is Lucy Barton: Maternal Affairs by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Laura Linney shines in this Richard Eyre"directed one-woman show about the unbreakable, intricate mother-daughter bond The post My Name Is Lucy Barton: Maternal …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:41pm on January 15, 2020[SHARE]

Sing Street: We're With the Band by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ If '80s music is your jam, the nostalgia-soaked 'Sing Street' is right up your alley The post Sing Street: We're With the Band appeared first on New York Stage R…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:00pm on December 16, 2019[SHARE]

Harry Connick Jr.: A Celebration of Cole Porter Where Anything Goes by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The actor, singer, and virtuoso pianist pays tribute to Cole Porter with a Broadway extravaganza The post Harry Connick Jr.: A Celebration of Cole Porter Where A…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:00pm on December 12, 2019[SHARE]

One November Yankee: Turbulence Ahead by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★ Harry Hamlin and Stefanie Powers play three pairs of siblings in this flight-themed earthbound drama The post One November Yankee: Turbulence Ahead appeared first on New York …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 4:44pm on December 8, 2019[SHARE]

Anything Can Happen in the Theater: Yeston Time by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Gerard Alessandrini's valentine to composer-lyricist Maury Yeston mixes his best-known songs with a handful of obscurities The post Anything Can Happen in the Theater: …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:01pm on December 6, 2019[SHARE]

Jagged Little Pill arrives on Broadway as a musical with angst to spare: Review by Melissa Rose Bernardo

"Ooh, this could get messy," sings the ensemble of Broadway's Jagged Little Pill at the top of Act 2. It's actually a bit from "Hands Clean" " not a song from the eponymous 1995 Alanis Moris…

SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 9:30pm on December 5, 2019[SHARE]

A Bright Room Called Day: The Fascist and the Furious by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Tony Kushner takes another look at his Hitler-through-the-Reagan-era play 'A Bright Room Called Day' The post A Bright Room Called Day: The Fascist and the Furio…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:51pm on November 25, 2019[SHARE]

The Half-Life of Marie Curie: Fun With Science (Really!) by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ America's most popular living playwright, Lauren Gunderson, shines a spotlight on two history-making female scientists   The post The Half-Life of Marie Curie…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:46pm on November 19, 2019[SHARE]

Evita: Star Quality to Spare by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Thanks to star Solea Pfeiffer, the City Center Encores! production will leave you on a rainbow high The post Evita: Star Quality to Spare appeared first on New Y…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 2:11pm on November 15, 2019[SHARE]

Brian Stokes Mitchell: The Man We Love by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The Tony-winning Broadway baritone is as swoon-worthy as ever in a show packed with his holiday and showtune favorites The post Brian Stokes Mitchell: The Man We…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:30am on November 15, 2019[SHARE]

Fires in the Mirror: A Hot-Button Show Whose Glow Hasn't Dimmed by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Anna Deavere Smith's one-person show still burns bright with star Michael Benjamin Washington and a timely-as-ever theme The post Fires in the Mirror: A H…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00pm on November 11, 2019[SHARE]