472 stories by "Michael Sommers"
★★★★ Younger conservatives drunkenly debate fundamental issues at Playwrights Horizons
The post Heroes of the Fourth Turning: Millennials Argue About Our Civil Wars a…
★★ A bluesy atmosphere and musical performances enhance an awfully talky new drama
The post (A)loft Modulation: Obsessive Behavior and All That Jazz appeared first on New York St…
★★★ Troubled 1960s events overwhelm a President and dishearten a drama
The post The Great Society: A Not So Great Play About LBJ appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★★ A Japanese company delivers an unusually immersive staging of a classical play
The post Antigone: Greek Tragedy Is Reflected Through Traditional Japanese Modes a…
★★★ Teens idolize Pablo Escobar in newcomer writer Alexis Scheer's offbeat dramedy
The post Our Dear Dead Drug Lord: A Schoolgirl Crush Goes Tragically Wrong appeared first…
★★ Meet some "wry and ironic and dull" characters at Atlantic Theater, or perhaps not
The post Sunday: Spending a Desultory Evening with Generation Z appeared first on New York S…
★★★ New York Theatre Workshop stages two installments of Mfoniso Udofia's epic nine-play cycle
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★★★ An episode involving Ernest Hemingway's several widows is a highlight of a new satirical comedy
The post Wives: Life With Papa and Three Other Feminist Truths appeared …
★★★ A sorrowful story about a faith healer does not entirely satisfy
The post Felix Starro: Not Entirely a Magical New Musical appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★★★ A smart new comedy takes a satirical shot at the antivax issue
The post Eureka Day: A Comical Clash from the Current Culture Wars appeared first on New Yo…
★★★ Fine acting brings Bess Wohl's tender new drama to realistic life at Second Stage Theater
The post Make Believe: The Games That Kids Play appeared first on New York Sta…
★★ Too bad the show looks cheesier than the state of Wisconsin
The post Bat Out of Hell"The Musical: Driving Through the Jim Steinman Songbook appeared first on New York Stage Re…
★★★ Jonathan Cake has a sneer for every occasion as Shakespeare's most prideful Roman of them all
The post Coriolanus: Private Feelings Versus Public Perceptions in a Ragge…
★★★★ The ever-exuberant entertainer delivers a dandy Broadway concert
The post Manilow Broadway: He Writes the Songs That Makes the Audience Sing Right Along With Him…
★★★ A smart topical comedy outshines lesser works in an annual off-Broadway festival
The post Summer Shorts Series B: Neil LaBute Delivers a Typically Toxic Comedy appeared…
★★★ A new play about dangerous eating habits scarcely satisfies as a family drama
The post Rinse, Repeat: Regarding a Family's Cycle of Eating Disorders appeared first on N…
★★★★★ An obscure Langston Hughes poem is brilliantly transfigured into epic musical theater
The post The Black Clown: Black Existence in a White World appeare…
★★★★ Marsha Mason anchors an intimate Irish drama that lives up to its title
The post Little Gem: Mothers and Daughters Tell Their Stories at Irish Rep appeared first…
★★★★ A beloved showbiz veteran was born to be adorable in a goofy musical gloss on exploitation flicks
The post Broadway Bounty Hunter: Exploiting a Darling Character…
★★ A modern variation on the Medea legend sadly depicts the enchantress as an undocumented immigrant
The post Mojada: Medea Remade as a Sorrowful Stranger in a Strange Land appea…
★★★★ A worthy drama imported from England tersely relates hateful happenings in Uganda
The post The Rolling Stone: Fear and Loathing in Uganda appeared first on New Y…
★★★★ Classical Theatre of Harlem offers an exuberant staging of an ancient Greek drama
The post The Bacchae: Women Go Powerfully Wild in a Refreshed Classic appeared…
★ The latest commissioned endeavor in the Hudson Yards arts space is an incredible mishmash of martial arts, pop songs, and a silly story
The post Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise: Kung Phoo…
★★★ A cool though cryptic musical considers Hildegard von Bingen
The post In the Green: Forging a Medieval Saint appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★ A rural Irish melodrama of 1948 vintage needs some magic to thrive
The post The Mountains Look Different: No, They Really Look Rather Flat appeared first on New York Stage Rev…
