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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Review: ‘Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo’ Offers Stand-Up Comedy Without the Standing by Maya Phillips

Mr. Sunshine is one of the rare Westerners to become a master of the centuries-old Japanese comic storytelling form.

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

‘Mothers’ Review: Mommy and Me and the Apocalypse by Maya Phillips

A barbed comedy takes a grim turn when friends find themselves tested over how far they’ll go to defend their choices and protect their children.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Review: Scripture With the Lunch Lady in ‘Surely Goodness’ by Maya Phillips

Chisa Hutchinson’s earnest morality play spends time with a Newark schoolboy and the brusque cafeteria worker he befriends.

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Monday, September 10, 2018

Review: A Beatboxer Climbs Up and Out in ‘The Unwritten Law’ by Maya Phillips

In this stage memoir, Chesney Show struggles to balance a powerful personal story with historical heft.

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Review: In ‘ms. estrada,’ Campus Feminists Say No to Sex, Yes to Hip-Hop by Maya Phillips

This “Lysistrata” update at the Flea Theater is consistently lively, but its comic aims are scattershot.

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

Review: A Bad Romance with Operatic Overtones in ‘Dido of Idaho’ by Maya Phillips

This retelling of the ancient Greek queen’s plight, set in the modern Midwest, is hilarious until it takes a grisly turn.

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Review: A Runaway Slave Rides West in ‘Cross That River’ by Maya Phillips

The show features jazz, blues and country music from Allan Harris, who also plays the title character.

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Review: Celebrating a ‘Golden Land’ With a Lot of Song and a Little Mugging by Maya Phillips

The National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene show is at once a rapid-fire revue and a textbook chronology of Jewish history in New York.

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Monday, June 26, 2017

Review: A Father Consumed by Grief in ‘My Eyes Went Dark’ by Maya Phillips

A man who lost his family in a plane crash funnels his grief and despair into a quest for revenge.

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre