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Sunday, August 2, 2026

Maybe Happy Ending: Resist Robophobia by Michael Sommers

★★★★★ A Broadway award-winner looks and sounds as winning as ever with fresh leading players The post Maybe Happy Ending: Resist Robophobia appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Monday, July 27, 2026

The Saviors: What Would Jesus Do? by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Writer Bubba Weiler and director Jack Serio offer a tender drama of faith and friendship The post The Saviors: What Would Jesus Do? appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Broad Strokes: Death Defying Laughter by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Comedian Cat Cohen finds fun in a story about the hole they found in her heart The post Broad Strokes: Death Defying Laughter appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Friday, July 10, 2026

Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Jennifer Nettles brews a tasty mass murder musical by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Director Mary Zimmerman stages a ravishing visual production of an historic story told from a working woman’s perspective The post Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Jenni…

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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Othello: Free As the Open Air by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Nick Westrate and James Udom play alpha and beta dogs in Classical Theatre of Harlem’s outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s drama The post Othello: Free As the Open Air appea…

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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Are You Now or Have You Ever Been: Drop that Forgotten Name by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Excellent performances and design enliven a docudrama of the HUAC’s hunt for Commies in Hollywood The post Are You Now or Have You Ever Been: Drop that Forgotten Name appea…

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Thursday, June 4, 2026

A Woman Among Women: Hubris and You by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ LCT3 hosts a community riff on classical themes by Julia May Jonas The post A Woman Among Women: Hubris and You appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Girl, Interrupted: Living Under the Bell Jar by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Martyna Majok and Aimee Mann craft an intimate drama with songs about women existing in a 1960s psychiatric facility The post Girl, Interrupted: Living Under the Bell Jar app…

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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Jerome: Sex and the Single Stranger by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Stephen Spinella sparks a triangular romantic drama set in a ghost town The post Jerome: Sex and the Single Stranger appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Monday, May 18, 2026

Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium: Department Story by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Candy Buckley and a bright ensemble illuminate an incomplete dark comedy by an American master The post Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium: Department Story appeared first on N…

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Wednesday, May 6, 2026

73 Seconds: He Remembers Mama by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ En Garde Arts stages a new solo show inside a planetarium The post 73 Seconds: He Remembers Mama appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Monday, May 4, 2026

Hamlet: Cool and Clear by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Hiran Abeysekera heads a multicultural ensemble in the National Theatre’s visiting production The post Hamlet: Cool and Clear appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Monday, April 27, 2026

Kenrex: True Crime Time in Flyover Country by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ An English import showcases Jack Holden’s Olivier Award-winning performance as an ugly American The post Kenrex: True Crime Time in Flyover Country appeared first on New Yo…

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

The Rocky Horror Show: Roundabout Rolls Out a Not So Hot Patootie by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis and Rachel Dratch appear amid a conventional revival of an unconventional musical The post The Rocky Horror Show: Roundabout Rolls Out a Not So Hot…

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Monday, April 20, 2026

Schmigadoon!: Doin’ Nicely Nicely By the Classics by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Alex Brightman leads a dandy company through a salute to musicals like they don’t make them anymore The post Schmigadoon!: Doin’ Nicely Nicely By the Classics appeared fi…

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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Fallen Angels: Merely Amusing by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Rose Byrne and Kelli O'Hara take summer stock of Noel Coward's vintage comedy at Roundabout The post Fallen Angels: Merely Amusing appeared first on New Y…

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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

The Adding Machine: A 1920s Flashback Zeroes into Fears of a Mechanical World by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Jennifer Tilly and Daphne Rubin-Vega lead The New Group's fresh staging of an expressionist drama The post The Adding Machine: A 1920s Flashback Zeroes in…

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Sunday, April 12, 2026

Titanique: What Did I Miss? by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Marla Mindelle, Jim Parsons and a merry crew sail off on a little spoof about a big disaster The post Titanique: What Did I Miss? appeared first on New Yo…

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Scorched Earth: A Dance-Theater Police Procedural by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Luke Murphy directs and choreographs a modern Irish saga of murder, property and obsession The post Scorched Earth: A Dance-Theater Police Procedural appe…

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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Cats: The Jellicle Ball: Welcome to the Glitter Box by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ A queer reimagining of a classic brings naughty but nice ballroom culture to Broadway The post Cats: The Jellicle Ball: Welcome to the Glitter Box appeare…

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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Titus Andronicus: Bloody All Right by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Patrick Page is formidable as a noble Roman driven mad in Red Bull's staging of Shakespeare's shocker The post Titus Andronicus: Bloody All Right appeared…

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Friday, March 20, 2026

Jesa: Honoring the Ancestors, or Maybe Not by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Ma-Yi Theater premieres Jeena Yi's contemporary comedy-drama about Korean American sisters The post Jesa: Honoring the Ancestors, or Maybe Not appeared fi…

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Wild Party: Midnight Special by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Jasmine Amy Rogers, Jordan Donica, and Tonya Pinkins lead a terrific ensemble in Michael John LaChiusa's musical of Roaring '20s madness The post The Wild…

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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Ulster American: Satirical Savagery by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Matthew Broderick stars as a clueless film idol in Irish Rep's U.S. premiere of a prickly comedy The post Ulster American: Satirical Savagery appeared fir…

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Antigone (this play I read in high school): Reclaiming the Heroine's Voice by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ The Public Theater premieres Anna Ziegler's new version of a very old story The post Antigone (this play I read in high school): Reclaiming the Heroine's …

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Sunday, March 8, 2026

Burnout Paradise: Madhouse Multitasking by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Audience participation is welcomed in a comical endurance contest The post Burnout Paradise: Madhouse Multitasking appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

What We Did Before Our Moth Days: Four People Live, Love and Die by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Hope Davis and Josh Hamilton brighten a sorrowful new Wallace Shawn drama staged by Andre Gregory The post What We Did Before Our Moth Days: Four People L…

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Sunday, March 1, 2026

Bigfoot!: Fuzzy and Facetious by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ A new musical satirizes the gullibility of flyover America The post Bigfoot!: Fuzzy and Facetious appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Monday, February 16, 2026

The Dinosaurs: Time Passages by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Kathleen Chalfant and Elizabeth Marvel lead the ensemble in a new play about a women's sobriety group The post The Dinosaurs: Time Passages appeared first…

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Saturday, February 14, 2026

The Tragedy of Coriolanus: Much Ado About Multimedia by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ A potential concept for timely Shakespeare works better in theory than onstage at TFANA The post The Tragedy of Coriolanus: Much Ado About Multimedia appe…

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Sunday, February 8, 2026

Making a Show of Myself: Positively Personal by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Mary Kate O Flanagan shares affirmative stories in a winning debut at Irish Rep The post Making a Show of Myself: Positively Personal appeared first on Ne…

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