744 stories by "Steven Suskin"
★★★★★ This sprawling family story set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles is a contemporary classic
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★★★ This perfectly pleasant chamber musical includes one breathtakingly emotional song
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★★★ The accomplished leading lady exuberantly carries a not-quite-satisfying play Â
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★★★★ A brave and mostly successful rethinking of the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic
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★★★★ One Man, Two Guvs author returns with another very funny play
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★★ Chekhov and Shakespeare make a mismatched pair
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★★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: Disney's Tale of Simba Remains Awe-Inspiring
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Sam Gold's London production of Fun Home retains its full magic, while Brian Friel's Aristocrats is interesting but not top tier
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An altogether terrific chronicle of money, power, and the American Way
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Ian McKellen makes a monumental Lear, while Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution literally goes to court
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Martin McDonagh's macabre thriller and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Siamese spectacle are done to perfection
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The Jungle is a remarkable theatrical experience; a sexualized Importance of Being Earnest works as poorly as one might suspect
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Mark Rylance's Iago electrifies Othello, while D-Day forecasts bring suspenseful chills in Pressure
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★★★ The beloved romantic comedy hit is transplanted from screen to stage, without quite enough magic
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★★★★★ Last season's best new musical retains its magic with a new leading man
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★★★★ Singer-songwriter Shaina Taub shines in this midsummer's night delight
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★★★ A rollicking Elizabethan musical, with transgender themes and a score, so to speak, by The Go-Go's.
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★★★★ Fiddler retains full enchantment in Joel Grey's Yiddish-language production
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★★★★ Ivo van Hove returns to town with a stunning, tour-de-force version of the Visconti film classic
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★★★ Tracy Letts returns with an intriguing notion for a play, perhaps too streamlined for coherence
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★★★★★ A rip-roaring reimagining of Hammerstein's reimagining of Bizet's Carmen
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★★★★ Dennis Kelly's new play exceeds expectations, bolstered by a bravura performance by Carey Mulligan
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★★★★ Playwright Joshua Harmon returns with his fourth consecutive rewarding comedy
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★★★ This 1925 politics-and-romance play by a screenwriter and character actor is well revived, if unimportant
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★★★★ Lauren Yee scores a three-pointer in her American-Chinese basketball play
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