492 stories by "MICHAEL SOMMERS"
Fresh works from Ireland and Japan arrive in the opening week of the annual festival of innovative theater
The post From Under the Radar: Bellow and Kanjincho appeared first on New York Stag…
★★★☆☆ Kenny Leon strategically stages Gian Carlo Menotti's 45-minute chamber opera
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★★★☆☆ Michael Cerveris is Scrooge in a Holiday Return of the Matthew Warchus/Old Vic show
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★★★☆☆ A 15-member ensemble spins through the musical rise and fall of a patriarchal society
The post The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions: Queer Do…
★★★☆☆ Nazareth Hassan's new backstage dramedy studies process and power
The post Practice: Theater Games and Mind Games appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★★☆ Andrea Martin sparks David Cromer's Second Stage premiere of a meaningful comedy of racial identity
The post Meet the Cartozians: Armenians in America, Th…
★★☆☆☆ Ruthie Ann Miles shines amid Ethan Lipton's respectful musical version of a mad Thornton Wilder classic
The post The Seat of Our Pants: Too Mild Wilder ap…
★★★☆☆ Patrick Page blazes as a Balkans terrorist in Rajiv Joseph's what-if World War I history play
The post Archduke: Murder, He Says appeared first on New Yor…
★★★☆☆ Anne Washburn's absorbing study of collective existence melts into something else at the finish line
The post The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire: What the…
★★★☆☆ Stephen Kunken is good as a bad guy in a new Royal Shakespeare drama about special interests and global warming
The post Kyoto: Greenhouse Gassing appeare…
★★☆☆☆ Expect trashy doings, nonstop name drops, insults, and murder done for fun
The post Messy White Gays: Boys Being Boys, Badly appeared first on New York St…
★★★★☆ Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock deliver poignant performances in Samuel D. Hunter's quietly lovely drama
The post Little Bear Ridge Road: Destination Uncer…
★★★☆☆ Jeb Brown and Matt Rodin head a sweet show done in honky-tonk environs
The post Beau the Musical: Queer as Folk Music appeared first on New York Stage Rev…
★★★☆☆ A scathing Aubrey Plaza and sharp others, plus Nellie McKay, light up Ethan Coen's new comedies
The post Let's Love!: Women Through a Guy's Eyes appeared …
★★☆☆☆ Jordan E. Cooper delivers a multifarious father and son drama, with songs
The post Oh Happy Day!: Too Much Mo' appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★☆☆☆ Mint Theater discovers a 1935 drama about the Nazi takeover of German society
The post Crooked Cross: A Sign of the Times appeared first on New York Stage…
★★★☆☆ Comedian Abby Wambaugh delivers an appealing solo show at Dixon Place
The post The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows: Scare the Banana and Other Tales of a Non-…
★★★☆☆ Tim Blake Nelson unveils a dark, pervasively dystopian tale at La MaMa
The post And Then We Were No More: Talk of Technology in Totalitarian Times appeare…
★★★☆☆ Michael Hayden and Samantha Mathis lead Irish Rep's premiere of an unexpected thriller
The post The Honey Trap: Dishing Out a Potent Blend of Genres appea…
★★☆☆☆ John Leguizamo delivers an ambitious new drama depicting a Latino-American family's troubles
The post The Other Americans: Drowning in the Kitchen Sink ap…
★★★☆☆ Richard Nelson's cozy new drama studies an acting troupe during wartime
The post When the Hurlyburly's Done: what's the Ukrainian word for apple? appeared…
★★★☆☆ Japan Society commissions a solo drama based upon a celebrated novel
The post Kinkakuji: Minimalist Mishima appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★★☆☆ Ibsen's tragicomedy depicts a family wrecked by a righteous friend
The post The Wild Duck: Foul Doings appeared first on New York Stage Review.
★★☆☆☆ Mad fashionistas, fanciful couture and a melancholy baby do not a party make
The post House of McQueen: Luke Newton stars in a terribly respectful bio-dra…
★★★☆☆ A comedian delivers nice family dish instead of a steaming roast
The post Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride, Another Jersey Boy's Story appeared first…
