472 stories by "Michael Sommers"
★★☆☆☆ Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman recycle their TV score for the stage
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★★★★☆ Mona Pirnot composes an Escher-like solo comedy about the very artist who is performing it
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★★★☆☆ Juan Castano, Ryan Spahn and Julia Chan comprise a troubled throuple
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★★★☆☆ Oscar Wilde's tale is distilled as a succession of images reflecting a beauty with a beastly ego
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★★★☆☆ LaChanze stages a sharp vintage study of sex and class in mid-1960s Harlem
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★★★★☆ A screwball musical from London rolls onto Broadway
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★★★★☆ Vintage Afro-Cuban songs pack a unique new jukebox musical
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★★★★☆ Expect no Russian dressing but plenty of Irish accents in this Chekhov adaptation
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★★★☆☆ Unknown tunes from a songwriter's trunk get nicely noted
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★★☆☆☆ Mothers and daughters then and now dig around a family tree
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★★★☆☆ Lisa Sanye Dring's new drama studies Japan's national sport
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★☆☆☆☆ Julia Child's 18th-century spiritual ancestor gets a raw deal at 59E59
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★★★★☆ Paul Sparks and Brian J. Smith play brothers and others in Samuel D. Hunter's thoughtful new drama
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★★★☆☆ Michael John LaChiusa's music-theater work returns in a smart concert staging in New Jersey
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★★★☆☆ An antique British drama about class struggle gets freshly Minted
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★★★☆☆ Jay O. Sanders and Dakin Matthews head TFANA's versatile ensemble
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★★★☆☆ Fred Weller and Kate Arrington portray soul mates in a poetic romance
The post How Is It That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice: Len Jenkin Conjures a Love S…
★★★☆☆ Khawla Ibraheem depicts a mom in desperate straits
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★★☆☆☆ NAATCO stages a pleasant if patchy all-female, all-Asian American revival
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★★★☆☆ Robert Schenkkan's semi-satirical historical study appears Under the Radar
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★★★★☆ Program A features a spooky Giselle plus a bright new Balanchine tribute
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★★★★★ Bill Irwin, Jessica Hecht and company bring great distinction to the Broadway season
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★★★☆☆ Zachary Quinto heads the ensemble for Leslye Headland's new play
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★★★☆☆ Ethan Lipton and cohorts musically ponder artificial intelligence and other smart matters
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★★★☆☆ Lincoln Center Theater produces Katori Hall's tasty though overstuffed drama
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