102 stories by "Bob Verini"
★★★☆☆ Musicalizing a hit '90s rom-com gains luster from the hit '60s playlist of Bacharach and David
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★★★★☆ Sutton Foster unleashes her inner clown in a torrent of hilarity, bringing new luster to a familiar property
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★★★★☆ Julia Murney, Kathleen Turner and an excellent ensemble collaborate on an atypically sensual take on a Wheeler/Sondheim masterpiece
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★★★★☆ Cole Escola writes and stars in a Bizarro World version of Honest Abe's spouse as cabaret diva
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★★★☆☆ A tender coming-of-age extravaganza, with characters to root for and music to die for
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★★★★★ David Adjmi takes us behind the music to reveal how the magic gets made
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★★☆☆☆ A revival's choices elicit more head-scratching than cheering
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★★★★☆ Suzan-Lori Parks melds the Thomas Jefferson/Sally Hemings mystery with the struggle for freedom in our own day
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★★★★★ Des McAnuff revisits his staging of a rock'n'roll milestone, and finds new meaning and depth
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★★★★☆ Long Wharf goes on the waterfront to play Arthur Miller's melodrama for all it's worth
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★★★★☆ A familiar tale of alcoholism is revitalized by authors Guettel and Lucas, focusing on the addiction rather than the cure
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★★★★★ A Druid Theater of Dublin marathon infuses three famous naturalistic Sean O'Casey dramas with Shakespearean sweep
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★★★★☆ Behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg's legendary blockbuster, co-authored by (and starring) the son of its most explosive player
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Two history-based dramas from The National Theatre: One zings, the other doesn't
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The Stratford Festival does Canada proud with a range of offerings, including wildly innovative approaches to Shakespeare
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★★★★☆ Taylor Mac surprises with an Ibsenesque take on a long-ago plague parallel to our own
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★★★★★ Josh Groban, Annaleigh Ashford, and "Hamilton" creatives elevate a musical classic to unprecedented heights
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★★★★★ Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown examine the historical roots of our national malaise, in this bold, character-driven staging starring Ben Platt
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★★★☆☆ Musicalization of the 1945 holiday classic is easy to swallow, like a good eggnog
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★★★★★ A high-octane, audience-pleasing vaudeville, spun out of a cinematic classic, creates a bunch of glittering new stars
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★★★★★ Audra McDonald brilliantly brings to life a masterful examination of bigotry and violence by a 91-year-old Broadway novice
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★★★★★ David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori transform a quirky black comedy into a tuneful affirmation of life and difference
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★★★☆☆ Ukrainian artist Igor Golyak plays fast and loose with a classic text, to intriguing if mixed results (with Baryshnikov)
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★★★★☆ The renovated Huntington reopens with a full-blooded, full-voiced revival of an August Wilson classic
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★★★★★ The power of music to empower, powers a rousing theatrical experience
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