6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (281+ words) ★★★☆☆ Comedian Cat Cohen finds fun in a story about the hole they found in her heart “I know life is crazy. Just random blood and guts,” warbles Cohen in a husky semi-soprano. “But God I must have done something. To…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (381+ words) ★★★☆☆ Katie Finneran stars in Second Stage's revival of Adam Bock's disturbing 2007 drama. Anyone who’s ever worked in an office knows that when you hear that a colleague has “stopped following the protocol,” it doesn’t mean anything good. But the phrase…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (216+ words) ★★★★☆ Alex Brightman leads a dandy company through a salute to musicals like they don’t make them anymore [Read Bob Verini’s ★★★★☆ review here.] Michael Sommers has written about the New York and regional theater scenes since 1981. He served two terms as…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (414+ words) Reviews from Broadway and Beyond ★★★★☆ David Ireland's black comedy fires verbal bullets at celebrity culture with brutal precision [Read Michael Sommers’ ★★★☆☆ review here.] The laughs are genuine and well earned; and Ciaran O’Reilly’s solid direction milks them for all their…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (384+ words) Reviews from Broadway and Beyond ★★★☆☆ Mary Kate O Flanagan shares affirmative stories in a winning debut at Irish Rep Flanagan does not preach positivity, although among her remarks she mentions how terrible pressure can yield diamonds and, I think, also…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (381+ words) Reviews from Broadway and Beyond ★★★☆☆ Ian McKellen is among the performers appearing virtually in this one-act play by Simon Stephens [Read Roma Torre’s ★★★★☆ review here.] The writing proves both annoyingly flowery and amusingly down to earth. An example of the…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (402+ words) Reviews from Broadway and Beyond ★★★☆☆ Marin Ireland stars in Martyna Majok's timely play about the cost of being a stranger in a strange land. It begins in 2017 as we watch a heavily accented woman named Inna (Julia Lester) confront another…...