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★★★☆☆ Kenny Leon directs a 150-year-spanning sci-fi-tinged New York play
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★★★☆☆ Nazareth Hassan's new backstage dramedy studies process and power
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★★★★☆ Andrea Martin sparks David Cromer's Second Stage premiere of a meaningful comedy of racial identity
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★★★☆☆ A skillful cast explores the Armenian American experience across two eras, a century apart
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★★★★☆ A new production of the Tony-nominated musical comedy goes to the head of the class
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★★★★☆ The cult musical's Broadway revival highlights its addictive ABBA melodies and lively Tim Rice lyrics
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★★☆☆☆ Two musical theater kings and a queen strive mightily with a famously elusive concept album, but play to a draw
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★★★★☆ Lesley Manville and Mark Strong have disturbingly good chemistry as theater's most famous twice-related couple
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★★★★☆ Mark Strong and Lesley Manville deliver shattering performances in Robert Ickes' modern adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy
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★★☆☆☆ Ruthie Ann Miles shines amid Ethan Lipton's respectful musical version of a mad Thornton Wilder classic
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★★★☆☆ Patrick Page blazes as a Balkans terrorist in Rajiv Joseph's what-if World War I history play
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★★☆☆☆ Even Miss Piggy can't elevate this generic holiday-season magic show
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★★☆☆☆ The beloved Muppets serve as comic stooges for a magician best known for appearing on "America's Got Talent."
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★★★★☆ A flawless cast and thoughtful direction turn a famously problematic tuner into a darling, healing event
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★★★☆☆ Scott Bakula, Adriana DeBose, and Judy Kuhn enhance Stephen Schwartz's underbaked musical
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★★★☆☆ Red Bull Theater sets the Bard's first Henriad play in the decade of decadence
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★★☆☆☆ Michael Urie and entourage double down on facile gimmickry and leave Shakespeare behind
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★★★★☆ Kristin Chenoweth rules in the role of a lifetime as a true believer in the American Dream
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★★☆☆☆ Stephen Schwartz-Lindsey Ferrentino musical, Michael Arden directing, tell rich Jackie Siegel's tale
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★★★☆☆ Anne Washburn's absorbing study of collective existence melts into something else at the finish line
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★★☆☆☆ Eli Bauman's musical mistakes vulgarity for actual entertainment, with a hard-working cast vainly trying
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★★★☆☆ Marin Ireland stars in Martyna Majok's timely play about the cost of being a stranger in a strange land.
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★★★★★ Stephen Kunken superbly plays the lead role in this thrilling drama about the negotiations behind an historic climate accord
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★★★☆☆ Stephen Kunken is good as a bad guy in a new Royal Shakespeare drama about special interests and global warming
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★★☆☆☆ Expect trashy doings, nonstop name drops, insults, and murder done for fun
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