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    NY Review: 'Newsies'

    Disney’s stage version of its 1992 flop musical, “Newsies,” despite a few flaws, is a galvanizing hit, with a star-making performance from Jeremy Jordan and catchy Alan Menken tunes.

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    Stick Fly

    Lydia R. Diamond's "comedy of manners" is not a good play, but it is an entertaining one, an exuberant work that will likely prove an audience pleaser.

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    9 to 5

    "9 to 5" aims low and hits its target squarely. And that's the difference between creating a classic and just a fun but evanescent night out.

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    Burn the Floor

    This dazzling Latin and ballroom dance revue is brilliantly performed by a cast of international dancesport champions.

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    Follies

    Director Eric Schaeffer deserves credit for working hard to address the numerous problems with his Kennedy Center production of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's towering musical classic, but all is still not well.

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    Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

    There are spectacular stunts and imaginative stage pictures in Julie Taymor's gargantuan comic book of a show, but overall this is an incomprehensible web with a thin plot and a generic score.

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    Chinglish

    David Henry Hwang's latest play is a smart and uproarious comedy examining the difficulties in bridging the different cultures of contemporary China and America.

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    Other Desert Cities

    With Rachel Griffiths and Judith Light stepping seamlessly into the tight five-person ensemble, Jon Robin Baitz's compelling family drama remains both grandly entertaining and deeply perceptive.

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    Promises, Promises

    Inappropriate stars and hokey direction pretty much do in this revival of pop legend Burt Bacharach's only foray into musical theater.

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    Fela!

    Director-choreographer Bill T. Jones has improved this dynamic political musical for a transfer to the Main Stem. But will it survive on star-driven Broadway?