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★★★☆☆ Good intentions alone, alas, do not a compelling musical make.
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★★★☆☆ 'The Play That Goes Wrong' creators turn their attention to sleight of hand and other illusions
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★★★★★ Led by Daniel Radcliffe, Lindsay Mendez, and Jonathan Groff, the onetime Sondheim failure is now"finally"a palpable Broadway hit
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★★★★★ Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young in director Kenny Leon's blazing production of the ground-breaking Ossie Davis comedy
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★★★★☆ Jeffrey Bean, Andrea Syglowski, and a fine cast nurture this well-potted tale of transplanted roots
The post Dig: Theresa Rebeck's Flavorful Plant-Based C…
★★★★☆ Ian Shaw's play about his movie star dad fishes for laughs"hook, line, and sinker"on the set of 'Jaws'
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★★★★☆ Veteran star Roger Bart, new star Casey Likes, and a fabulous flying machine fulfill the promise of this Hollywood fan favorite transformed for the musica…
★★★★☆ The visceral impact of the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim-Alex Timbers musical is slightly dissipated as it strives to fill an oversized Broadway house
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★★☆☆☆ Poor Jane Austen gets pillaged once more, but she'll survive
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★★☆☆☆ High-grade dancing and talented cast weighed down by the plotting of this Kander-Miranda-Stroman melting pot musical
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★★★★☆ The Play That Goes Wrong mischief makers bring their latest to the Barrymore, eliciting guffaws and boos, with pirates, too!
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★★☆☆☆ The Lerner & Loewe musical is unable to live up to its reputation in this Sher & Sorkin revision
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★★★☆☆ Karen Ziemba cracks wise in Arlene Hutton's backstage comedy
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★★★★★ Micaela Diamond shares the accolades in the Jason Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry musical, directed by Michael Arden
The post Parade: Ben Platt Turns Provocativ…
★★★★☆ Director Jamie Lloyd brings his stark production of Amy Herzog's modernistic adaptation to the Hudson
The post A Doll's House: Jessica Chastain Slams the …
★★★★☆ Author of The Whale and A Case for the Existence of God plants his Idaho roots in this 2010 play set in a Hobby Lobby break room Â
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★★★★★ Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez, and Daniel Radcliffe star in Maria Friedman's sterling revival of the Sondheim-Furth musical
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★★★★☆ Life, death, and the pursuit of pizza in Brooklyn
The post The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Laps Up Laughs, and How! appeared first on New York …
The Café Carlyle back in full swing, with prime entertainment
The post John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey: East Side After Dark appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★★★ Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond lead a talented cast in a stunning production of the 1998 musical
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★★★★★ David Hare distills the rise and fall of master builder Robert Moses
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★★★☆☆ Acclaimed London production of Miller masterwork is admirable but not quite exceptional in transfer
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★★★☆☆ The 1969 Revolutionary War musical is enhanced by the players but bloated by ineffective tinkering
The post 1776: Founding Fathers Declare Independence, D…
★★★★★ The philosophically loquacious playwright switches gears with a gripping personal chronicle
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★★★★☆ Wickedly funny new musical about a sharp-tongued pre-teen with issues demonstrates growing pains  Â
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