480 stories by "MICHAEL SOMMERS"
★★★★★ A superb company performs Sean O'Casey's tragicomedy about the 1916 Easter Rising
The post The Plough and the Stars: Dubliners Come to Vivid Life in Irish…
★★★ Cillian Murphy delivers a remarkable performance as a man possessed
The post Grief is the Thing with Feathers: A Mad, Murky, Melancholy Journey appeared first on New Yo…
★★★★★ Victoria Clark is the glowing central figure of a legendary musical
The post Lady in the Dark: MasterVoices Lovingly Revives a Masterpiece Musical appeare…
★★★★ Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow superbly depict a dynamic duo
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★★★★ Songwriter Anaïs Mitchell makes an impressive Broadway bow with an infernal musical
The post Hadestown: Red, Hot, and Bluesy Score Fuels a Trip to Hell and Ba…
★ Ben Whishaw and Renee Fleming valiantly appear in a gloomy chamber opera
The post Norma Jeane Baker of Troy: The Shed Opens With a Mythical Misfire appeared first on New York Stage R…
★★★ The Mad Ones offers an awfully ultra-real look at a focus group
The post Mrs. Murray's Menagerie: Focusing Upon a Slice of Late '70s Life appeared first on New York Sta…
★★ Director John Doyle scarcely does justice by Marc Blitzstein's legendary 1937 musical
The post The Cradle Will Rock: A Proletarian Musical Looks Kind of Labored appeared first…
★★★ A comedy about un-woke office jerks and the women who put up with them
The post Do You Feel Anger?: A Mildly Absurd Look at Misogyny on the Job appeared first on New Yo…
★★★★ Red Bull Theater restores a circa 1612 thriller to lusty life in modern dress
The post The White Devil: Stylishly Wicked Fun for Everyone appeared first on New …
★★★★ The Public Theater unleashes a wildly serio-comical show about race
The post Ain't No Mo': A Sharply Satirical Study in Black Manners and Matters appeared first …
★★★★ London's Theatre Re presents an uncommonly poignant and tender study in dementia
The post The Nature of Forgetting: A Memorable Show for Kids of All Ages appear…
★★★ A legendary Rodgers & Hart musical demands a higher '30s style to get airborne
The post I Married an Angel: Not Quite as Heavenly a Show as Hoped appeared first on …
★★ A metaphysical study in social significance suffers from a sea-change
The post Anything That Gives Off Light: A Hazy Study in Oppressive Economics appeared first on New York S…
★★★ Jorge Luis Borges, Walt Disney, and a very large lobster pop up on a pointless journey
The post Nantucket Sleigh Ride: A Wild Trip To John Guare's Magic (Realism) Kingd…
★★★★ Cole Porter and Kelli O'Hara make beautiful music together in a snappy revival
The post Kiss Me, Kate: True to Cole Porter (and Shakespeare) in Their Fashion app…
★★★ Little Lord's latest work playfully digs at the roots of indoctrination
The post Skinnamarink: Going on an Experimental Journey appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★★ A new cartoon musical delivers a story as timeless as "Faust" and twice as funny
The post Be More Chill: Desperately (and Delightfully) Striving to Be Cool at Sc…
★★ Alan Cumming plays a sugar daddy in a play that nearly drowns in talk
The post "Daddy": More Splash Than Significance in Substance appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★ A new play set in Colorado turns into a Rocky Mountain downer
The post Dying in Boulder: Karma, Conflict, and Cultural Appropriation appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★ Holy guacamole, Batman, how can these ace guys deliver such a dull show?
The post Superhero: A Capably Crafted New Musical That Resolutely Refuses to Fly appeared first on New…
★★★ Jackie Sibblies Drury centers her latest ambitious drama around caregivers of color
The post Marys Seacole: Studying Maternal Cares Then and Now appeared first on New Y…
★★★ Madeleine George delivers a divine (in more ways than one) comedy about climate change
The post Hurricane Diane: A Seductive Deity Materializes in Suburban New Jersey a…
★ A cool concept for a comedy about a plane trip proves to be a tedious time
The post Bonnie’s Last Flight: A Misguided Journey to Nowhere appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★★ The Irish Rep kicks off its three-show cycle of the playwright's works with a winning revival
The post The Shadow of a Gunman: Sean O’Casey’s Serioco…
