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955 stories by "Jesse Green"

Review: 'Frankie and Johnny' Were Lovers. Then Came Morning. by Jesse Green

Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon star in a touching revival of Terrence McNally's play about first and last chances.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48pm on May 30, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'The Flamingo Kid,' a Musical Not Yet in Flight by Jesse Green

There's plenty to enjoy in this adaptation of a 1984 movie set at a Long Island beach club. But plenty to fix, as well.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:24pm on May 28, 2019[SHARE]

Live From 458 B.C., What the Greeks Mean to Me by Jesse Green

A new adaptation of "The Oresteia" reminds us that a 2,400-year-old work can still feel appallingly familiar.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:48pm on May 26, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'Dear Evan Hansen,' With a Real Teenage Evan by Jesse Green

Now in its third year, this Broadway hit has grown up by aging down.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 4:54pm on May 23, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'Continuity' Takes a Shot at the End of the World by Jesse Green

Can a foolish mainstream movie dramatize ecological crisis? Can a smart play?

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:32pm on May 21, 2019[SHARE]

Review: Sifting the Evidence for 'Proof of Love,' She Has Lots to Say by Jesse Green

At the center of Chisa Hutchinson's one-woman play, written for Audible, is a love triangle with just one side in view.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48pm on May 14, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: In 'BLKS,' Meet the Real Roommates of Bed-Stuy by Jesse Green

Merciless comedy shades to delicate tragedy in a terrific playwriting debut from the poet and performer Aziza Barnes.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:04am on May 10, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'Cadillac Crew,' a Road Trip Through Racism and Erasure by Jesse Green

Women on the front lines of danger in 1963 were often pushed to the backbench of the civil rights movement. A new play gives them their due.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 6:36pm on May 6, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'Paul Swan Is Dead and Gone,' but First, He's Dévastaté by Jesse Green

A flamboyant artiste who danced nearly naked into his 80s gives one last performance in a new play from the Civilians.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48pm on May 1, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: 'Tootsie,' a Musical Comedy That Fills Some Mighty Big Heels by Jesse Green

The Broadway adaptation of the 1982 movie is the rare reimagining that actually keeps you laughing.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on April 23, 2019[SHARE]

Review: Arthur Miller's 'All My Sons,' With All Its Seams Showing by Jesse Green

An old-fashioned, overliteral revival of the 1947 play stars Tracy Letts and Annette Bening.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on April 22, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: Taylor Mac's 'Gary' Finds Hope and Humor on a Pile of Corpses by Jesse Green

This comedic sequel to "Titus Andronicus" finds Nathan Lane and Kristine Nielsen cleaning up after a Shakespearean blood bath.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on April 21, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: The Metamorphosis of 'Hadestown,' From Cool to Gorgeous by Jesse Green

After a downtown stop, a concept album based on Greek myths has become a full-scale Broadway entertainment.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on April 17, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: Puppets and Power Make for a Marvelous 'Menagerie' by Jesse Green

The latest play from the Mad Ones finds the seeds of momentous social change in a 1979 focus group about a kids' television show.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on April 8, 2019[SHARE]

Review: 'Sincerely, Oscar' Is Some Embarrassing Evening by Jesse Green

If the nuance-free singing doesn't turn you against this revue of songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, perhaps his holographic ghost will do the trick.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 8:00pm on April 4, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'The Cradle Will Rock,' Labor Gets Belabored by Jesse Green

A revival of the Marc Blitzstein "play in music" about unions and kleptocrats is too wan to make much of the material's contradictions.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on April 3, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: Can a Play Make the Constitution Great Again? by Jesse Green

"What the Constitution Means to Me," the best new play of the Broadway season so far, rivetingly combines personal history and civic engagement.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on March 31, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: African-American Flight 1619 Now Boarding in 'Ain't No Mo' by Jesse Green

What if black people, sick of injustice, picked up and left the United States? An outrageous satire by Jordan E. Cooper imagines the possibility, and the loss.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:21pm on March 27, 2019[SHARE]

Review: Staging a True Family Nightmare in 'Accidentally Brave' by Jesse Green

What happens when the husband you thought you knew is discovered harboring a terrible secret? Maddie Corman learned the hard way.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on March 25, 2019[SHARE]

Review: In 'I Married an Angel,' a 1930s Musical Falls to Earth by Jesse Green

How should we look at an old show with objectionable gender politics? As a historical curio, or as the next item on the cancel culture agenda?

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 1:55pm on March 21, 2019[SHARE]

Review: Bullies and Victims Face Off in 'After.' But Who's Who? by Jesse Green

A threatening text message with a homophobic epithet leads to catastrophe for two families in a new play by Michael McKeever.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 2:35pm on March 19, 2019[SHARE]

Review: A 'Nantucket Sleigh Ride' with Frozen Disney and Hot Lobster by Jesse Green

In John Guare's Möbius strip of a play, John Larroquette is a playwright who finds himself trapped in a surreal mystery called "Nantucket Sleigh Ride."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on March 18, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: A Fair Fight Makes 'Kiss Me, Kate' Lovable Again by Jesse Green

With a few changes of emphasis and one major lyric rewrite, the 1948 musical comedy comes through detox as a bawdy, heady pleasure.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on March 14, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: Beauty, Blackness and Beyoncé, in 'If Pretty Hurts' by Jesse Green

Tori Sampson's play blends elements of mean-girl comedy and African folk tale to create a fable for our time about women and their bodies.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 9:45pm on March 10, 2019[SHARE]

Critic's Pick: Review: 'Five Easy Pieces,' an Unnerving Alliance of Children and Art by Jesse Green

Milo Rau, called "the world's most controversial director," asks a cast of young people to relate the story of a notorious Belgian pedophile.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 3:12pm on March 8, 2019[SHARE]
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