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Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Theater review by Adam Feldman. Kazino (Off Broadway). By Dave Malloy. Dir. Rachel Chavkin. With Malloy, Phillipa Soo, Lucas Steele. 2hrs 40mins. One intermission. Revisiting a favorite show, like reuniting with a lover after months of separation, can be a source of concern. Has it changed since
- W 13th St, at Washington St, 10011
- $125–$175 (includes dinner and one drink),...
- Sat May 25 - Sun Sep 1
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts
- Critics choice
- Free
Poets, playwrights, puppeteers and other performers in and around the Lower East Side will partake in this annual gathering centered at the Theater for the New City.
- Theater for the New City 155 First Ave, between 9th and 10th Sts
- Sun May 26
Pippin
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Theater review by Adam Feldman. Music Box Theatre (Broadway). Book by Roger O. Hirson. Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. Dir. Diane Paulus. With Matthew James Thomas, Patina Miller, Rachel Bay Jones. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission. Ladies and gentlemen, step right up to the greatest show of the
- 239 W 45th St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
- $59–142
- Sat May 25 - Sun Dec 22
White Hot
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Theater review by Adam Feldman. Flea Theater (Off-Off Broadway). By Tommy Smith. Dir. Courtney Ulrich. With ensemble cast. 55mins. No intermission. As its double-edged title implies, Tommy Smith’s incendiary White Hot limns the paradoxical thrill of self-erasure. The most straightforward of its
- 41 White St, between Broadway and Church St
- $15–$30
- Sat May 25 - Sun May 26
Sleep No More
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
To untimely rip and paraphrase a line from Macbeth: Our eyes are made the fools of the other senses, or else worth all the rest. A multitude of searing sights crowd the spectator's gaze at the bedazzling and uncanny theater installation Sleep No More. Your sense of space and depth---already
- 530 W 27th St, between Tenth and Eleventh Aves
- $75–$95, premium $125–$162.50
- Sat May 25 - Tue Dec 31
Murder Ballad
- Rated as: 3/5
- Price band: 3/4
Murder Ballad synopsis: This intimate, sung-through musical by playwright Julia Jordan and songwriter Juliana Nash is energized, dirty fun: a blend of pulpy storytelling, radio-ready rock and environmental theatrics, enacted by a fearless, sexy cast. After a successful run at Manhattan Theatre Club
- 100 E 17th St, between Union Sq East and Irving Pl
- $80–$90
- Sat May 25 - Sun Sep 29
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Theater review by David Cote. John Golden Theatre (see Broadway). By Christopher Durang. Dir. Nicholas Martin. With David Hyde Pierce, Kristine Nielsen, Sigourney Weaver. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission. Maybe I was trapped in an Ivanov-like funk when I reviewed Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
- 252 W 45th St, between Seventh and Eighth Aves
- $60–$130
- Sat May 25 - Sun Jul 28
The Book of Mormon
- Rated as: 5/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
If theater is your religion and the Broadway musical your sect, you've been woefully faith-challenged of late. Venturesome, boundary-pushing works such as Spring Awakening, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Next to Normal closed too soon. American Idiot was shamefully ignored at the Tonys and will
- 230 W 49th St, between Broadway and Eighth Ave
- $69–$175, premium $252–$477
- Sat May 25 - Sun Dec 29
Bull
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 3/4
- Critics choice
Theater review by Helen Shaw. 59E59 (see Off Broadway). By Mike Bartlett. Dir. Clare Lizzimore. With ensemble cast. 55mins. No intermission. Even in Shakespeare’s heyday, the Globe couldn’t outsell the bearbaiting pit down the street. Sorry, poets, but that’s just what the people like—blood on
- 59 E 59th St, between Madison and Park Aves, 10022
- $30–$45
- Sat May 25 - Sun Jun 2
A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney
- Rated as: 4/5
- Price band: 2/4
- Critics choice
Theater review by David Cote. Soho Rep (see Off Broadway). By Lucas Hnath. Dir. Sarah Benson. With Larry Pine, Frank Wood, Amanda Quaid, Brian Sgambati. 1hr 15mins. No intermission. Last time Lucas Hnath travestied a public figure—science giant Sir Isaac Newton—at least he helped us tell truth
- 46 Walker St, between Broadway and Church St
- $30–$65
- Sat May 25 - Sun Jun 9
