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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Yellow Face: Laugh, Reflect, Repeat by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Playwright David Henry Hwang gives main-character energy in a self-deprecating stage mockumentary The post Yellow Face: Laugh, Reflect, Repeat appeared fi…

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Good Bones: James Ijames' Urban Renewal Project by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Saheem Ali directs a one-acter that only scratches the surface of the gentrification debate The post Good Bones: James Ijames' Urban Renewal Project appea…

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Sunday, September 29, 2024

The Hills of California: Le Jez Hot! by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Laura Donnelly stars in a time-hopping play about a musical family that hits all the right notes The post The Hills of California: Le Jez Hot! appeared fi…

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

The Roommate: Bronx Bad Girl, Meet Midwestern Nervous Nellie by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow play roommates"turned-unlikely friends in the Jack O'Brien"directed two-hander The post The Roommate: Bronx Bad Girl, Meet Mid…

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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Job: An Unfiltered Drama for the Social Media Age by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ An unintentional viral video star confronts a work-ordered therapist in this 80-minute two-hander   The post Job: An Unfiltered Drama for the Social Me…

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Friday, July 12, 2024

Empire: A Tired 'Newsies Meets New York, New York' Mashup by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★☆☆☆ NYC's art deco architectural masterpiece inspires an uninspired musical The post Empire: A Tired 'Newsies Meets New York, New York' Mashup appeared first …

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Monday, July 1, 2024

From Here: Florida Strong, Displayed in Song by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ An Orlando-born musical aims to capture the city's resilience after the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting The post From Here: Florida Strong, Displayed in Son…

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Friday, June 28, 2024

A Little Night Music: 53 Musicians? The Glamorous Life Indeed!   by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Marc Bruni directs a sonically lush but somewhat disappointing concert version of Sondheim and Wheeler's 19th century-set romantic romp The post A Little …

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Thursday, June 20, 2024

Cats"The Jellicle Ball: ALW in the House by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ The category is…reinvention. The 1982 Andrew Lloyd Webber"T.S. Eliot musical is moving to a fresh new beat. The post Cats"The Jellicle Ball: ALW in the …

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Pre-Existing Condition: Confessional, Challenging, and Curative by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Actor-turned-playwright Marin Ireland, director Maria Dizzia, and creative consultant Anne Kauffman team up for a confessional drama The post Pre-Existing…

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Monday, May 20, 2024

The Lonely Few: A Promising and Predictable Rock Musical   by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Directed by Trip Cullman and Ellenore Scott, the show puts two female singers, and their love story, in the spotlight The post The Lonely Few: A Promising…

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

All of Me: A Rom-Com Powered by Text-to-Speech Technology by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Disabled actors Madison Ferris and Danny J. Gomez make beautiful music in Laura Winters' delightful play The post All of Me: A Rom-Com Powered by Text-to-…

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Uncle Vanya: Disoriented Scenes From a Country Life by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★☆☆☆ Chekhov's oft-produced tragicomedy gets a misfire of a revival at Lincoln Center The post Uncle Vanya: Disoriented Scenes From a Country Life appeared fir…

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Cabaret: Immersive, Ambitious, All Too Timely by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ The August Wilson Theatre has been transformed into the Kit Kat Club. Would you like to buy a girl a drink? The post Cabaret: Immersive, Ambitious, All To…

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Hell's Kitchen: Welcome to Alicia Keys' New York by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The 16-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter brings her music and her vision to Broadway The post Hell's Kitchen: Welcome to Alicia Keys' New York appeare…

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Friday, April 19, 2024

Stereophonic: We're With the Band by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ David Adjmi and Will Butler's studio-set play moves to Broadway with a cast in perfect harmony and every note intact The post Stereophonic: We're With the…

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Grief Hotel: Misery Loves Company by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Liza Birkenmeier's Obie Award"winning play paints a gorgeously impressionistic picture of a group of acquaintances in loneliness, contemplation, and despa…

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Monday, March 18, 2024

An Enemy of the People: Ibsen's Cautionary Tale As Timely As Ever, 142 Years On by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli square off in a battle of right vs. wrong, science vs. politics, and brother vs. brother The post An Enemy of the Peop…

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Doubt: The Debate Rages On by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Two decades later, John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize"winning play inspires as much conversation as ever The post Doubt: The Debate Rages On appeared f…

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Monday, February 26, 2024

The Seven Year Disappear: A Tour-de-Force for Cynthia Nixon by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The TV star and theater veteran shines as an enigmatic artist in a time-bending two-hander The post The Seven Year Disappear: A Tour-de-Force for Cynthia …

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Monday, December 18, 2023

Appropriate: Southern Discomfort and Sibling Rivalry at Its Juiciest by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Lila Neugebauer directs an epic, emotionally draining Broadway debut drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins The post Appropriate: Southern Discomfort and Sibling…

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

Hell's Kitchen: Alicia Keys Tries Her Hand at Theater by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Michael Greif directs this don't-call-it-a-jukebox-musical valentine to New York City The post Hell's Kitchen: Alicia Keys Tries Her Hand at Theater appea…

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Spamalot: Lightheaded, Lighthearted Fun by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Grab your shrubbery! The Monty Python movie-turned-musical returns to Broadway. The post Spamalot: Lightheaded, Lighthearted Fun appeared first on New Yor…

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea: Stale Pretzels, Cheap Beer, and Dive-Bar Dreams by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Fueled by stale pretzels and cheap beer, volatile strangers form a tenuous connection in John Patrick Shanley's two-hander The post Danny and the Deep Blu…

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

I Need That: Danny DeVito's Got the Goods by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ Theresa Rebeck's new play delves into the concept of trash, treasure, and throwing it all away The post I Need That: Danny DeVito's Got the Goods appeared…

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Sunday, October 29, 2023

Translations: Finding the Meaning Behind the Words by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Irish Rep kicks off its Friel Project with a revival of the playwright's 1980 language-focused, culture-clash drama The post Translations: Finding the Mea…

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Friday, October 27, 2023

Redwood: A Complex and Comedic Family History Lesson by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★☆ Brittany K. Allen writes and stars in an incisive piece about a Black family in Baltimore exploring their roots The post Redwood: A Complex and Comedic Fa…

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Partnership: The Perils of Mixing Business and Pleasure by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The Mint Theater continues its salute to British playwright Elizabeth Baker with a 1917 marriage-minded comedy The post Partnership: The Perils of Mixing …

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Monday, October 16, 2023

All the Devils Are Here: The Very Best of the Bard's Worst by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ Patrick Page was born to be bad in this one-man salute to Shakespeare's evildoers The post All the Devils Are Here: The Very Best of the Bard's Worst appe…

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

The Refuge Plays: A Next-Generational Epic by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★☆☆ The sweeping Roundabout Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop co-production covers 70 years, three plays, and three ghosts The post The Refuge Plays: A Next-G…

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Merrily We Roll Along: Feel the Flow, Hear What's Happening by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★★ More than 40 years after its debut, the infamous Sondheim-Furth flop gets Broadway redemption The post Merrily We Roll Along: Feel the Flow, Hear What's H…

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