319 stories by "Melissa Rose Bernardo"
★★★★☆ The cult musical's Broadway revival highlights its addictive ABBA melodies and lively Tim Rice lyrics
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★★★★☆ Lesley Manville and Mark Strong have disturbingly good chemistry as theater's most famous twice-related couple
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★★★☆☆ Red Bull Theater sets the Bard's first Henriad play in the decade of decadence
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★★★★★ Bess Wohl takes inspiration from her mother's life for her clever, decade-jumping memory play
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★★★★☆ One woman travels through two continents and multiple decades in this autobiographical solo show
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★★★★★ Joshua Henry gives what's destined to be a Tony-winning performance in this much-needed revival
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★★★☆☆ The actress, author, and social media star opens her heart on the off-Broadway stage
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★★★☆☆ The award-winning playwright-actor tackles the great American Latino family drama
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★★★★☆ Julia McDermott shines as a spiraling TV reporter in a one-woman climate-crisis comedy
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★★★★☆ Tarell Alvin McCraney's minimalist, poetic tale of siblings down South gets a timely revival at The Shed
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★★★★☆ Saheem Ali directs Oscar winner and Tony nominee Lupita Nyong'o in the festive Shakespearean frolic
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★★★★☆ Performance artist Morgan Bassichis puts the late Frank Maya back in the spotlight
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★★★★☆ Australian playwright Emmanuelle Mattana puts the patriarchy through its paces in a 70-minute play
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★★★☆☆ Jay Ellis and Stephanie Nur are perfectly cast in Charles Randolph-Wright's romantic drama
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★★★☆☆ Ian Rickson directs the rarely performed Strindberg work, with a refresh from playwright Jen Silverman
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★★★★☆ A luminous Amber Iman casts a spell in an ambitious Kenya-set show at the Public Theater
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★★★★☆ Hugh Jackman plays a professor entangled with a student in Hannah Moscovitch's 90-minute drama
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★★★★☆ Josefina López's decades-old play turned movie turned musical resonates with audiences anew
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★★★★☆ Jonathan Groff gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance as the Grammy-winning "Beyond the Sea" singer
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★★★★☆ Ryan J. Haddad shares a tale of summer love in his autobiographical 70-minute one-man show
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★★★★★ Director Danya Taymor and a dynamite cast bring Kimberly Belflower's marvelous new play to Broadway
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★★★★☆ Andrew Scott takes on every role in Simon Stephens' freewheeling adaptation of Chekhov's much-produced play
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★★★★☆ You want realism? You want magic? Rebecca Frecknall's production, starring Paul Mescal, has both.
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★★★★★ Clubbed Thumb's production of the poignant Abe Koogler play returns for a much-deserved encore run at the Public Theater
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★★★★☆ We're already eagerly awaiting the sequel to Rajiv Joseph's world premiere play
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