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Thursday, April 23, 2026

The Rocky Horror Show: Roundabout Rolls Out a Not So Hot Patootie by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis and Rachel Dratch appear amid a conventional revival of an unconventional musical The post The Rocky Horror Show: Roundabout Rolls Out a Not So Hot…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PM
Monday, April 20, 2026

Schmigadoon!: Doin’ Nicely Nicely By the Classics by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Alex Brightman leads a dandy company through a salute to musicals like they don’t make them anymore The post Schmigadoon!: Doin’ Nicely Nicely By the Classics appeared fi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Fallen Angels: Merely Amusing by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara take summer stock of Noel Coward’s vintage comedy at Roundabout The post Fallen Angels: Merely Amusing appeared …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:59PM
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

The Adding Machine: A 1920s Flashback Zeroes into Fears of a Mechanical World by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Jennifer Tilly and Daphne Rubin-Vega lead The New Group’s fresh staging of an expressionist drama The post The Adding Machine: A 1920s Flashback Ze…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PM
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Titanique: What Did I Miss? by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Marla Mindelle, Jim Parsons and a merry crew sail off on a little spoof about a big disaster The post Titanique: What Did I Miss? appeared first on New Yo…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM

Scorched Earth: A Dance-Theater Police Procedural by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Luke Murphy directs and choreographs a modern Irish saga of murder, property and obsession The post Scorched Earth: A Dance-Theater Police Procedural appe…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:44PM
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Cats: The Jellicle Ball: Welcome to the Glitter Box by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ A queer reimagining of a classic brings naughty but nice ballroom culture to Broadway The post Cats: The Jellicle Ball: Welcome to the Glitter Box appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:59PM
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Titus Andronicus: Bloody All Right by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Patrick Page is formidable as a noble Roman driven mad in Red Bull’s staging of Shakespeare’s shocker The post Titus Andronicus: Bloody All …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:59PM
Friday, March 20, 2026

Jesa: Honoring the Ancestors, or Maybe Not by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Ma-Yi Theater premieres Jeena Yi’s contemporary comedy-drama about Korean American sisters The post Jesa: Honoring the Ancestors, or Maybe Not appe…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM
Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Wild Party: Midnight Special by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Jasmine Amy Rogers, Jordan Donica, and Tonya Pinkins lead a terrific ensemble in Michael John LaChiusa’s musical of Roaring ’20s madness The…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:07PM
Sunday, March 15, 2026

Ulster American: Satirical Savagery by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Matthew Broderick stars as a clueless film idol in Irish Rep’s U.S. premiere of a prickly comedy The post Ulster American: Satirical Savagery appea…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:59PM
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Antigone (this play I read in high school): Reclaiming the Heroine’s Voice by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ The Public Theater premieres Anna Ziegler’s new version of a very old story The post Antigone (this play I read in high school): Reclaiming the Her…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30AM
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Burnout Paradise: Madhouse Multitasking by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Audience participation is welcomed in a comical endurance contest The post Burnout Paradise: Madhouse Multitasking appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:01PM
Thursday, March 5, 2026

What We Did Before Our Moth Days: Four People Live, Love and Die by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Hope Davis and Josh Hamilton brighten a sorrowful new Wallace Shawn drama staged by Andre Gregory The post What We Did Before Our Moth Days: Four People L…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:29PM
Sunday, March 1, 2026

Bigfoot!: Fuzzy and Facetious by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ A new musical satirizes the gullibility of flyover America The post Bigfoot!: Fuzzy and Facetious appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PM
Monday, February 16, 2026

The Dinosaurs: Time Passages by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Kathleen Chalfant and Elizabeth Marvel lead the ensemble in a new play about a women’s sobriety group The post The Dinosaurs: Time Passages appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PM
Saturday, February 14, 2026

The Tragedy of Coriolanus: Much Ado About Multimedia by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ A potential concept for timely Shakespeare works better in theory than onstage at TFANA The post The Tragedy of Coriolanus: Much Ado About Multimedia appe…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:39PM
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Making a Show of Myself: Positively Personal by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Mary Kate O Flanagan shares affirmative stories in a winning debut at Irish Rep The post Making a Show of Myself: Positively Personal appeared first on Ne…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:37PM
Sunday, January 25, 2026

From Under the Radar: Ulysses by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Elevator Repair Service delivers a mad gallery of James Joyce's Dubliners The post From Under the Radar: Ulysses appeared first on New York Stage Review.

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:55PM

From Under the Radar: ‘The Visitors’ and a Pair of No-Shows by Michael Sommers

The annual theater festival continues with a poignant Australian import, a cancellation, and an installation The post From Under the Radar: ‘The Visitors’ and a Pair of No-Shows…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:00PM
Saturday, January 10, 2026

From Under the Radar: Bellow and Kanjincho by Michael Sommers

Fresh works from Ireland and Japan arrive in the opening week of the annual festival of innovative theater The post From Under the Radar: Bellow and Kanjincho appeared first on New York Stag…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:02AM
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Amahl and the Night Visitors: Kid’s Stuff or What? by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Kenny Leon strategically stages Gian Carlo Menotti’s 45-minute chamber opera The post Amahl and the Night Visitors: Kid’s Stuff or What? app…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM
Thursday, December 4, 2025

A Christmas Carol: Rings the Bell Downtown by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Michael Cerveris is Scrooge in a Holiday Return of the Matthew Warchus/Old Vic show The post A Christmas Carol: Rings the Bell Downtown appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:02PM
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions: Queer Doings at the Park Avenue Armory by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ A 15-member ensemble spins through the musical rise and fall of a patriarchal society The post The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions: Queer Do…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:45PM
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Practice: Theater Games and Mind Games by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Nazareth Hassan’s new backstage dramedy studies process and power The post Practice: Theater Games and Mind Games appeared first on New York Stage …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM
Monday, November 17, 2025

Meet the Cartozians: Armenians in America, Then and Now by Michael Sommers

★★★★☆ Andrea Martin sparks David Cromer’s Second Stage premiere of a meaningful comedy of racial identity The post Meet the Cartozians: Armenians in Amer…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM
Thursday, November 13, 2025

The Seat of Our Pants: Too Mild Wilder by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Ruthie Ann Miles shines amid Ethan Lipton’s respectful musical version of a mad Thornton Wilder classic The post The Seat of Our Pants: Too Mild Wi…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:15PM
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Archduke: Murder, He Says by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Patrick Page blazes as a Balkans terrorist in Rajiv Joseph’s what-if World War I history play The post Archduke: Murder, He Says appeared first on …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:30PM
Sunday, November 9, 2025

The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire: What the Hell Was That All About? by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Anne Washburn’s absorbing study of collective existence melts into something else at the finish line The post The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire: W…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:00PM
Monday, November 3, 2025

Kyoto: Greenhouse Gassing by Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ Stephen Kunken is good as a bad guy in a new Royal Shakespeare drama about special interests and global warming The post Kyoto: Greenhouse Gassing appeare…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:29PM
Sunday, November 2, 2025

Messy White Gays: Boys Being Boys, Badly by Michael Sommers

★★☆☆☆ Expect trashy doings, nonstop name drops, insults, and murder done for fun The post Messy White Gays: Boys Being Boys, Badly appeared first on New York St…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00PM

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off