Kristin Chenoweth For the Girls: It's Good to See Her, Isn't It? by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The ever-popular Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway with a too-brief concert run The post Kristin Chenoweth For the Girls: It's Good to See Her, Isn't It? app…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:01pm on November 10, 2019[SHARE]

Seared: Theresa Rebeck's Kitchen-Set Comedy Needs More Fire by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Theresa Rebeck centers her newest comedy on a crash-and-burn"style pretentious New York chef The post Seared: Theresa Rebeck's Kitchen-Set Comedy Needs More Fire appear…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:30pm on October 28, 2019[SHARE]

Macbeth: A Slimmed-Down Version of the Scottish Play by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The couple who slays together stays together? Real-life spouses Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers star as Shakespeare's murderous Scots. The post Macbeth: A Slimmed-D…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 6:30pm on October 27, 2019[SHARE]

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide: Raise Your Voices and Dance by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Ntozake Shange's 1976 choreopoem receives an inspired revival at the Public Theater, where its poetry first flowed   The post For Colored Girls Who Have Consi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:51pm on October 22, 2019[SHARE]

Bella Bella: Hats Off to Harvey Fierstein's Abzug Homage by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein channels Battling Bella Abzug in his history-packed new one-person show The post Bella Bella: Hats Off to Harvey Fierstein…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:46pm on October 22, 2019[SHARE]

Little Shop of Horrors: A Bloody Good Time by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The beloved 1982 musical returns to its off-Broadway roots. Just don't feed the plants! The post Little Shop of Horrors: A Bloody Good Time appeared first on New…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:00pm on October 17, 2019[SHARE]

The Rose Tattoo: Love Ain't Sweeter the Second Time Around by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★ The new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' ode to amore is a bottle of Asti Spumante that's lost its fizz The post The Rose Tattoo: Love Ain't Sweeter the Second Time Aro…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:01pm on October 15, 2019[SHARE]

Linda Vista: A View From the Bottom by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Tracy Letts pens a startlingly accurate, if tough to swallow, portrait of "middle-aged desperation" The post Linda Vista: A View From the Bottom appeared first on New Y…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:44pm on October 10, 2019[SHARE]

Slave Play: Provocative, Poetic, and Disquieting by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Jeremy O. Harris' phenomenally daring, disruptive drama is the polar opposite of theatrical comfort food The post Slave Play: Provocative, Poetic, and Disquietin…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:15pm on October 6, 2019[SHARE]

Freestyle Love Supreme: Hip-Hop Don't Stop by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale's improv phenomenon conquers Broadway The post Freestyle Love Supreme: Hip-Hop Don't Stop appeared first o…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:40pm on October 2, 2019[SHARE]

Dublin Carol: Whiskey on the Rocks by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Irish Rep stages a too-grim revival of one of Conor McPherson's grimmest plays The post Dublin Carol: Whiskey on the Rocks appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:00pm on October 1, 2019[SHARE]

The Height of the Storm: Cloudy Skies Ahead by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins are entrancing as husband and wife in Florian Zeller's going-gently-into-that-good-night drama The post The Height of the Storm: Cloudy…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:45pm on September 24, 2019[SHARE]

Fern Hill: Trouble Down on the Farm by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★ Come for actors John Glover and Mark Linn-Baker; leave with playwright Michael Tucker's recipe for spaghetti with clam sauce The post Fern Hill: Trouble Down on the Farm appea…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:59pm on September 19, 2019[SHARE]

Betrayal: Less Is More in This London-Born Revival by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox make a beguiling love triangle in Harold Pinter's backward-spinning drama The post Betrayal: Less Is More in …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:16pm on September 5, 2019[SHARE]

Hercules: A Heroic New Musical, and That's the Gospel Truth! by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ A 200-person cast goes the distance with the Public Works adaptation of the beloved Disney movie The post Hercules: A Heroic New Musical, and That's the Gospel T…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 4:19pm on September 3, 2019[SHARE]

Make Believe: A Sentimental but Not Syrupy Nostalgia Trip by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Children of the '80s will especially enjoy Bess Wohl's nostalgic new play, set in a memory-filled family attic The post Make Believe: A Sentimental but Not Syrup…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:51pm on August 15, 2019[SHARE]

Coriolanus: A Poor Case for a Rarely Produced Play by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★ The second open-air Central Park offering of the summer is a rare miss from usually on-point Shakespearean director Daniel Sullivan The post Coriolanus: A Poor Case for a Rare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:14pm on August 5, 2019[SHARE]

Rinse, Repeat: The Vicious Circle of Eating Disorders by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ Domenica Feraud's ambitious drama ultimately crumbles under the weight of its good intentions The post Rinse, Repeat: The Vicious Circle of Eating Disorders appeared fi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:56pm on July 31, 2019[SHARE]

Moulin Rouge! The Musical!: A Dazzling Exercise in Excess by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit belt out chart-topping hits in the lavish screen-to-stage salute to "truth, beauty, freedom, and love" The post Moulin Rouge! …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:41pm on July 25, 2019[SHARE]

Broadway Bounty Hunter: Annie Golden Nails It by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Annie Golden taps into her badass side in Joe Iconis' 1970s-inspired musical The post Broadway Bounty Hunter: Annie Golden Nails It appeared first on New York St…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:55pm on July 23, 2019[SHARE]

Two's a Crowd: Rita Rudner's Vegas-Themed Show Busts by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★ Rita Rudner's innumerable comic gifts are squandered in this musical misfire The post Two's a Crowd: Rita Rudner's Vegas-Themed Show Busts appeared first on New York Stage Rev…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 4:00pm on July 21, 2019[SHARE]

Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow: Three Sisters, Halley Feiffer Style by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ Halley Feiffer writes a love letter to Chekhov's classic The post Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow: Three Sisters, Halley Feiffer Style appeared first o…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:30pm on July 18, 2019[SHARE]

Rock of Ages: I Hate Myself for Loving You by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★ A decade after its first air guitar riff, the hair-metal jukebox musical is back"and it's still nothin' but a good time The post Rock of Ages: I Hate Myself for Loving …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 4:44pm on July 5, 2019[SHARE]

We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time: David Cale Digs Deep by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The writer-performer flies solo in this musical memoir about his coming of age in Luton, England The post We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time: David Cale…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:45pm on June 27, 2019[SHARE]

Working: A Labor of Love by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The 1978 musical gets a City Center"centered update for the five-performance concert-style revival The post Working: A Labor of Love appeared first on New York S…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:36am on June 27, 2019[SHARE]