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February House

NY Review: 'February House'
New musical "February House," at the Public Theater, traduces the lives of Carson McCullers, George Davis, and W.H. Auden, among others. More »

Title and Deed

NY Review: 'Title and Deed'
Will Eno's tender "Title and Deed" gets a solid American premiere at the Signature Theater, starring Conor Lovett. More »

Old Jews

NY Review: 'Old Jews Telling Jokes'
This slight revue of Borscht Belt gags, featuring comic veterans Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, and Lenny Wolpe, is like spending time with a favorite uncle. More »

Cock

NY Review: 'Cock'
Long on titillation and short on substance, Mike Bartlett’s "Cock" isn't as good as actors Cory Michael Smith and Jason Butler Harner. More »

Miracle South Division

NY Review: 'Miracle on South Division Street'
Tom Dudzick's sitcom of a play, originally presented at Penguin Rep Theatre, is as up-to-date as an episode of "All in the Family." More »

Heat Wave

NY Review: 'Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project'
A long overdue tribute to choreographer Jack Cole, "Heat Wave" is an entertaining revue of Chet Walker's reconstructions of dances from Hollywood musicals. More »

GEntleman

NY Review: 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (in Concert)'
Encores! fizzy concert staging of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” is enjoyable, with an efficiently professional turn from Megan Hilty as the iconic Lorelei Lee. More »

NY Review: 'Take What Is Yours'

NY Review: 'Take What Is Yours'
“Take What Is Yours,” from Anecdota at 59E59 Theaters, looks at the formidable U.S. suffragette Alice Paul with imaginative daring and poetic storytelling. More »

Bronte

NY Review: 'Brontë: A Portrait of Charlotte'
Alloy Theater Company’s account of William Luce’s one-woman play about Charlotte Brontë, starring Maxine Linehan, can’t overcome the writing’s contrivances. More »

Welcome to America

NY Review: 'Welcome to America'
"Welcome to America," an adaptation of a 1921 Yiddish Art Theatre play about immigrants by H. Leivick, from New Worlds Theatre Project, warrants a look. More »

Lonely

NY Review: 'Lonely, I’m Not'
Topher Grace and Olivia Thirlby struggle to find a connection in Paul Weitz’s “Lonely, I’m Not,” directed by Trip Cullman, at Second Stage Theatre. More »

Man and Superman

NY Review: 'Man and Superman'
George Bernard Shaw's complex masterpiece gets a streamlined production from Irish Repertory Theatre and Gingold Theatrical Group that's fun but shallow. More »

Evolution

NY Review: 'Evolution'
Patricia Buckley's absorbing solo show "Evolution," from Absolute Uncertainty and Interart Theatre, explores commonly accepted ideas of progress and change. More »

Thunder Rock

NY Review: 'Thunder Rock'
An electric surge of passionate commitment courses through the ReGroup Theatre's production of Robert Ardrey's 1939 anti-war fantasy "Thunder Rock." More »

The Caretaker

NY Review: 'The Caretaker'
Jonathan Pryce and his castmates mine the subtext of loneliness in Harold Pinter's three-character power play at Brooklyn Academy of Music. More »

boys

NY Review: 'Something for the Boys (in Concert)'
“Something for the Boys,” Cole Porter’s 1943 vehicle for Ethel Merman, is as slapdash as they come, but Musicals Tonight! makes it entertaining anyway. More »

Macbeth

NY Review: 'Macbeth'
Epic Theatre Ensemble’s ultramodern take on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” puts Richard Easton’s Duncan on video and has both interesting concepts and missteps. More »

fire

NY Review: 'An Early History of Fire'
David Rabe’s “An Early History of Fire,” at the New Group, looks at the complacency of early 1960s America with a knowing eye but meandering dramaturgy. More »

A Midsummer Night's Dream

NY Review: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Solid performances from veterans such as Bebe Neuwirth and Anthony Heald steal the spotlight from a nearly nude Christina Ricci at Classic Stage Company. More »

'Festen'

NY Review: 'Festen (The Celebration)'
Polish theater company TR Warszawa’s adaptation of the Danish film “Festen,” at St. Ann’s Warehouse, is too cold and calculating, blunting its impact. More »

'The City Club'

NY Review: 'The City Club'
"The City Club," the new musical at the Minetta Lane Theatre, is really more of a concert draped around an unconvincing noir-inspired potboiler. More »

The Book of Everything

NY Review: 'The Book of Everything'
Adapted by Richard Tulloch from a Guus Kuijer novel, "The Book of Everything" proffers the most worthwhile 135 minutes you are likely to spend in a theater. More »

'Three Sisters'

NY Review: 'Three Sisters'
Emotions rise to the surface in the Maly Drama Theater's wrenching production of Anton Chekhov's classic of unfulfilled lives at Brooklyn Academy of Music. More »

Ninth and Joanie

NY Review: 'Ninth and Joanie'
Brett C. Leonard’s “Ninth and Joanie,” directed by Mark Wing-Davey at Labyrinth Theater Company, struggles to establish compelling action. More »

NY Review: 'Sitting Pretty (in Concert)'

NY Review: 'Sitting Pretty (in Concert)'
This staged reading of “Sitting Pretty,” a deservedly forgotten 1924 musical with music by Jerome Kern, is more engaging than the material it serves. More »

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