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Monday, December 12, 2022

Merrily We Roll Along: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sondheim Show by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ To quote one of the songs from the much-maligned, but very beloved, musical: It's a hit! The post Merrily We Roll Along: How We Learned to Stop Worrying …

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Sunday, December 4, 2022

A Beautiful Noise: Reaching Out, Touching Neil Diamond, Touching You by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Will Swenson shines in flashy bio-musical salute to the singer-songwriter with a voice like "gravel wrapped in velvet" The post A Beautiful Noise: Reachi…

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Becky Nurse of Salem: Do You Believe in Magic? by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Deirdre O'Connell plays a descendant of an accused Salem witch in Sarah Ruhl's newest play The post Becky Nurse of Salem: Do You Believe in Magic? appear…

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Remembering Michael Feingold by Melissa Rose Bernardo

A link to the final columns of the esteemed critic and our beloved colleague The post Remembering Michael Feingold appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

& Juliet: Candy-Colored Glitter-Bomb Musical Romp by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ The hit London musical arrives on Broadway with cannons of confetti and a catalog full of chart-toppers The post & Juliet: Candy-Colored Glitter-Bomb…

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Sunday, November 13, 2022

The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Dives Into Middle Age by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ The popular comic brings his own brand of gregarious, low-level neuroticism back to Broadway The post The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Dives In…

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

Walking With Ghosts: Gabriel Byrne's Book Makes a Hazy Memory Play by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The actor's recent page-turner loses some of its power in its journey to the stage The post Walking With Ghosts: Gabriel Byrne's Book Makes a Hazy Memory…

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

Topdog/Underdog: Watch It Close, Watch It Close Now by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Suzan-Lori Parks' tight two-hander gets an intense Kenny Leon"directed Broadway revival The post Topdog/Underdog: Watch It Close, Watch It Close Now appe…

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

The Piano Lesson: A Starry, but Off-Key, Rendition by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ August Wilson's drama"the 1930s entry in his decade-by-decade chronicle of the 20th-century Black American experience"gets its first Broadway revival The…

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Guys and Dolls: Frank Loesser's Musical Fable Is No Gamble by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ It's a probable 12 to 7 that you'll leave this Kennedy Center production on a musical-theater high The post Guys and Dolls: Frank Loesser's Musical Fable…

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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

I'm Revolting: Not-So-Strong Medicine by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Gracie Gardner's play about skin cancer patients in a surgical waiting room is engaging if unbelievable The post I'm Revolting: Not-So-Strong Medicine ap…

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Monday, October 3, 2022

Cost of Living: Worth the Steep Emotional Investment by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Martyna Majok's award-winning drama explores disability, class, privilege, and loss in a tidy 110 minutes The post Cost of Living: Worth the Steep Emotio…

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Burn: Alan Cumming Goes Into His Dance by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The Tony-winning actor intrigues as Scottish poet Robert Burns in a solo dance show The post Burn: Alan Cumming Goes Into His Dance appeared first on New…

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Kate: Comedian-Actor-Shapeshifter Kate Berlant Does It All by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ A 70-minute one-woman show goes beyond the standard stand-up comic style The post Kate: Comedian-Actor-Shapeshifter Kate Berlant Does It All appeared fir…

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

As You Like It: A Pastoral Musical Comedy Delight by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Journey into the Forest of Arden with this bright and breezy Public Works production The post As You Like It: A Pastoral Musical Comedy Delight appeared …

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Monday, August 29, 2022

Two Jews, Talking: Two TV Stars, Two One-Act Plays, Too Few Laughs by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ 1970s TV fans will relish the chance to see Hal Linden and Bernie Kopell together, even in a clichéd comedy The post Two Jews, Talking: Two TV Stars, Tw…

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Thursday, July 21, 2022

The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini's Literary Sensation Beguiles Broadway by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ The stage version of the 2003 novel proves to be the theatrical equivalent of a page turner   The post The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini's Literary Sens…

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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Seagull: Did You Hear the One About the Writer? by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Chekhov's tale of avian metaphors and unrequited loves gets the experimental Elevator Repair Service treatment The post Seagull: Did You Hear the One Abou…

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Thursday, June 23, 2022

Chains: Brit Playwright Elizabeth Baker, in Mint Condition by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ A 113-year-old British drama proves to be an ideal pandemic-era production The post Chains: Brit Playwright Elizabeth Baker, in Mint Condition appeared fi…

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Corsicana: Will Arbery in a Lone Star State of Mind by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Everything's bigger in Texas, including this protracted four-character play The post Corsicana: Will Arbery in a Lone Star State of Mind appeared first on…

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Thursday, May 26, 2022

Fat Ham: A Nontragic Take on Shakespeare's Most Popular Tragedy by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Newly minted Pulitzer Prize winner James Ijames turns the revenge play on its proverbial ear The post Fat Ham: A Nontragic Take on Shakespeare's Most Popu…

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Which Way to the Stage: A Witty Love Letter to the Theater by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Diva worship, drag queens, and Sondheim duets collide in Ana Nogueira's stagestruck comedy The post Which Way to the Stage: A Witty Love Letter to the The…

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Monday, May 9, 2022

Oh God, A Show About Abortion: Alison Leiby Brings the Funny (Yes, Really!) by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Lila Neugebauer directs a one-woman show on the hottest of the hot-button issues of the moment The post Oh God, A Show About Abortion: Alison Leiby Brings…

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Friday, April 29, 2022

Macbeth: Have You Heard the One About the Scottish Play? by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★☆☆☆ Sam Gold's star-studded production of Shakespeare's witchiest play is beset by toil and trouble The post Macbeth: Have You Heard the One About the Scottis…

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Monday, April 25, 2022

The Skin of Our Teeth: It's So Extra by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Thornton Wilder's epic receives a suitably over-the-top production at Lincoln Center Theater The post The Skin of Our Teeth: It's So Extra appeared first …

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Hangmen: Martin McDonagh's Slick Comedy Finally Arrives on Broadway by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ A new staging of the dark comedy from a playwright once dubbed theater's Quentin Tarantino goes for laughs over gore   The post Hangmen: Martin McDonag…

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Sunday, April 17, 2022

The Minutes: So Much Promise, So Little Payoff by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★☆☆☆ Tracy Letts' new play is part satire, part black comedy, and all head-scratcher The post The Minutes: So Much Promise, So Little Payoff appeared first on …

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Cyrano de Bergerac: James McAvoy As a Swoon-Worthy Swashbuckling Poet by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ The Jamie Lloyd Company reinvents Rostand's nosey Frenchman for the 21st century The post Cyrano de Bergerac: James McAvoy As a Swoon-Worthy Swashbuckling…

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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Birthday Candles: A Quirky Time-Hopping Rom-Com by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Debra Messing ages 90 years"playing a daughter, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother"in a 90-minute play The post Birthday Candles: A Quirky Time-Ho…

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

The Chinese Lady: For Your Education, Entertainment, and Discomfort by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Playwright Lloyd Suh draws on real-life 19th-century events with 21st-century ramifications in this Ma-Yi Theater, Barrington Stage, and Public Theater pr…

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

On Sugarland: An Ambitious, Epic Wartime Drama by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Aleshea Harris explores the aftermath of war and the shades of grief in a shattering new play The post On Sugarland: An Ambitious, Epic Wartime Drama appe…

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Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off