Something Clean: A Woman Wounded By a Crime She Did Not Commit by Michael Sommers

★★★ Kathryn Erbe anchors Selina Fillinger's earnest new drama about a sex crime The post Something Clean: A Woman Wounded By a Crime She Did Not Commit appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:00pm on May 29, 2019[SHARE]

Continuity: A Lighter Look at Making a Movie Changes into Darker Realities by Michael Sommers

★★★ Rachel Chavkin of Hadestown fame directs a slight yet thoughtful comedy by Bess Wohl The post Continuity: A Lighter Look at Making a Movie Changes into Darker Realities…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:51pm on May 21, 2019[SHARE]

Octet: How Modern Technology Makes Us Mad, In Exuberant Song by Michael Sommers

★★★★ Dave Malloy delivers a powerful new musical that's too thoughtful for Broadway The post Octet: How Modern Technology Makes Us Mad, In Exuberant Song appeared fir…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:51pm on May 19, 2019[SHARE]

Happy Talk: A Misleading Lady Enjoys Her Role of a Lifetime by Michael Sommers

★★★ Susan Sarandon depicts a matchmaker whose intentions may not be so pure The post Happy Talk: A Misleading Lady Enjoys Her Role of a Lifetime appeared first on New York …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:31pm on May 16, 2019[SHARE]

Proof of Love: A Classy Lady Speaks to Classism in African-American Life by Michael Sommers

★★★ Brenda Pressley coolly portrays a woman of quality in a life or death quandary The post Proof of Love: A Classy Lady Speaks to Classism in African-American Life appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 1:55pm on May 15, 2019[SHARE]

Around the World in 80 Days: Whirlwind Entertainment and Laughter for All by Michael Sommers

★★★★★ An inventive version of Jules Verne's classic visits the New Victory Theater The post Around the World in 80 Days: Whirlwind Entertainment and Laughter fo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 6:15pm on May 11, 2019[SHARE]

BLKS: A Madly Expressive Night Out With Some Messy Millennials by Michael Sommers

★★★★ Newcomer playwright Aziza Barnes delivers an audacious comedy at MCC Theater The post BLKS: A Madly Expressive Night Out With Some Messy Millennials appeared fir…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:35am on May 10, 2019[SHARE]

Luzia: Cirque du Soleil Sweeps Viewers on a Glowing Journey Through Mexico by Michael Sommers

★★★★ Superb circus artists swing, spin, and soar amid surreal visuals and sonorous music The post Luzia: Cirque du Soleil Sweeps Viewers on a Glowing Journey Through …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 2:20pm on May 8, 2019[SHARE]

Passage: A Cool Experiment in the ABCs of Xenophobic Behavior by Michael Sommers

★★★ Soho Rep's typically top-notch production fills in the blanks of an experimental endeavor The post Passage: A Cool Experiment in the ABCs of Xenophobic Behavior appear…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 1:45pm on May 6, 2019[SHARE]

Paul Swan is Dead and Gone: Portrait of an Unusual Artist as an Old Man by Michael Sommers

★★ A new bio-drama is performed as a bizarre dance recital in a Chelsea townhouse The post Paul Swan is Dead and Gone: Portrait of an Unusual Artist as an Old Man appeared first …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 1:33pm on May 3, 2019[SHARE]

Caroline's Kitchen: Neatly Dishing Out a British Menu of Rueful Humor by Michael Sommers

★★★ Playgoers with a taste for British humor may well enjoy what's being served at 59E59 Theaters The post Caroline's Kitchen: Neatly Dishing Out a British Menu of Rueful H…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 1:30pm on May 3, 2019[SHARE]

The Plough and the Stars: Dubliners Come to Vivid Life in Irish Rep's Revival 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:51pm on April 30, 2019[SHARE]

Grief is the Thing with Feathers: A Mad, Murky, Melancholy Journey by Michael Sommers

★★★ 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:52am on April 29, 2019[SHARE]

Lady in the Dark: MasterVoices Lovingly Revives a Masterpiece Musical by Michael Sommers

★★★★★ Victoria Clark is the glowing central figure of a legendary musical The post Lady in the Dark: MasterVoices Lovingly Revives a Masterpiece Musical appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 1:21pm on April 27, 2019[SHARE]

Hillary and Clinton: Peering Inside the Private Lives of a Power Couple by Michael Sommers

★★★★ Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow superbly depict a dynamic duo The post Hillary and Clinton: Peering Inside the Private Lives of a Power Couple appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:20pm on April 18, 2019[SHARE]

Hadestown: Red, Hot, and Bluesy Score Fuels a Trip to Hell and Back by Michael Sommers

★★★★ 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:50pm on April 17, 2019[SHARE]

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy: The Shed Opens With a Mythical Misfire by Michael Sommers

★ 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:59pm on April 9, 2019[SHARE]

Mrs. Murray's Menagerie: Focusing Upon a Slice of Late '70s Life by Michael Sommers

★★★ 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:00pm on April 8, 2019[SHARE]

The Cradle Will Rock: A Proletarian Musical Looks Kind of Labored by Michael Sommers

★★ 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 8:45pm on April 3, 2019[SHARE]

Do You Feel Anger?: A Mildly Absurd Look at Misogyny on the Job by Michael Sommers

★★★ 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:00pm on April 2, 2019[SHARE]

The White Devil: Stylishly Wicked Fun for Everyone by Michael Sommers

★★★★ 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 …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 7:38pm on March 31, 2019[SHARE]

Ain't No Mo': A Sharply Satirical Study in Black Manners and Matters by Michael Sommers

★★★★ 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 …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:51pm on March 27, 2019[SHARE]

The Nature of Forgetting: A Memorable Show for Kids of All Ages by Michael Sommers

★★★★ 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:54am on March 27, 2019[SHARE]

I Married an Angel: Not Quite as Heavenly a Show as Hoped by Michael Sommers

★★★ 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 …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 2:36pm on March 21, 2019[SHARE]

Anything That Gives Off Light: A Hazy Study in Oppressive Economics by Michael Sommers

★★ 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…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 9:40pm on March 20, 2019[SHARE]