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    Hair

    The touring company of the hit 2009 revival makes an electrifying summer stop on Broadway, with the largely new cast retaining the intensity and spontaneity of its predecessor.

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    Good People

    Though there' a great deal to like about David Lindsay-Abaire's new play, and director Daniel Sullivan's production is full of fine performances, it's just a tad too well-made for its own good.

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    Next to Normal

    When Next to Normal played at Off-Broadway's Second Stage last year, Brian Yorkey's book and lyrics lacked the character complexity necessary to tell his ambitious story satisfactorily.

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    The Normal Heart

    Larry Kramer's towering American tragedy is getting a letter-perfect production from directors Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe. If you see only one play this year, make it "The Normal Heart."

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    Looped

    Playwright Matthew Lombardo stretches a showbiz anecdote into a two-hour play. Fortunately, Valerie Harper delivers a tour de force performance and almost makes up for the show's thinness.

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    Bye Bye Birdie

    Roundabout Theatre Company's misbegotten revival of this classic piece of Broadway Americana is dead on arrival at the new Henry Miller's Theatre.

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    NY Review: 'Once'

    Enda Walsh's intimate romantic tuner based on the Oscar-winning film survives the transfer to Broadway. Cristin Milioti and Steve Kazee are heartbreaking.

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    The House of Blue Leaves

    Director David Cromer emphasizes the darkness in John Guare's 1971 sad-funny farce, while leading man Ben Stiller fails to convince as a schlubby would-be songwriter.

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    Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

    Robin Williams focuses his manic energy in a fiercely intense performance, but it's not enough to save Rajiv Joseph's weird and confusing play.

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    Desire Under the Elms

    As he did with his groundbreaking 1999 revival of  'Death of a Salesman', Robert Falls shatters expectations and forces us to rethink an American classic.