492 stories by "MICHAEL SOMMERS"
★★★★☆ Electronic music drives an exceptional musical about a major medical procedure
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★★★★☆ A choir performs a delightful song cycle by Mona Pirnot and Jack D. Coen about a New York couple
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★★★★☆ Bill Irwin stars in his own fresh adaptation of Moliere’s satirical look at the medical profession
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★★★☆☆ Mint Theatre presents Cicely Hamilton’s 1913 social comedy on female self determination
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★★★★☆ Lauren Yee’s meta-theatrical comedy offers a family view of Chinese American culture
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★★★★☆ Jamie Armitage writes and stages a scary story designed for your ears alone
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★★★☆☆ Ryan J. Haddad spins his latest show around his gay uncle and other mentors
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★★★☆☆ Jon Beavers depicts a primitive man lost in the civilized world in Irish Rep’s revival of an early O’Neill classic
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★★★☆☆ LCT3 produces Mfoniso Udofia’s maximalist study of an exceptional woman in crisis
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★★★☆☆ Else Went’s new drama at Playwrights Horizons studies incel subculture today
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★★★☆☆ Jeon Do-yeon and Park Hae-soo lead a big, bold rendition of Chekhov’s classic at the Park Avenue Armory
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★★★☆☆ Sarah Jones returns with new and old characters to stage an intervention for a troubled nation
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★★☆☆☆ Writer-director Katie Cappiello presents a trio of comedies played in different keys
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★★★★☆ Lupita Nyong’o leads off a series of artists as the protagonist of Marin Ireland’s drama on emotional trauma
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★★★☆☆ Aussie clown with antic alter ego spontaneously moons over great literature
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★★★☆☆ A supernatural story of possession packs a suspenseful two hours
The post Paranormal Activity: Nightmare Entertainment appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★☆☆☆ Sam Underwood plays a woeful hero in a new version of Chekhov’s first drama
The post The Real Ivanov: Diary of a Loser appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★★★ 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.
★★★★☆ 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.
★★★☆☆ 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.
★★★★☆ Director Mary Zimmerman stages a ravishing visual production of an historic story told from a working woman’s perspective
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★★★☆☆ Nick Westrate and James Udom play alpha and beta dogs in Classical Theatre of Harlem’s outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s drama
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★★★☆☆ Excellent performances and design enliven a docudrama of the HUAC’s hunt for Commies in Hollywood
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★★☆☆☆ LCT3 hosts a community riff on classical themes by Julia May Jonas
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★★★★☆ Martyna Majok and Aimee Mann craft an intimate drama with songs about women existing in a 1960s psychiatric facility
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