303 stories by "Sandy MacDonald"
★★★★☆ Playwright Noah Diaz probes one salient flaw in the human condition: mortality.
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★★★☆☆ Newcomer Casey Likes shines as a 15-year-old rock-journo wannabe, growing up fast in 1973.
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★★★★☆ Portraying the acclaimed late author, an equally celebrated actor acclimates us to the inevitability of loss.
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★★☆☆☆ Jim Parsons puts in minimal effort in portraying a driven, passionate "nobody."
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★★★★☆ Has God left the building? Nine religious professionals, of varied faiths, suspect that the party may be over.
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★★★☆☆ Two women barricade themselves against the outside world and seek refuge in one another's company.
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★★★★☆ Relive the agonies of your first romantic entanglements -- prompted by an extraordinarily honest and insightful sympathizer.
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★★★★★ It's a story as old as Cain and Abel, but Suzan-Lori Parks made it contemporary and compelling -- a neo-classic.
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★★★★☆ Reed and Ephraim Birney (father and son) recreate a doctor-patient relationship from 1945 that delivers equal parts shock and awe.
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★★★★☆ The course of true love endures some rough -- but riveting -- turns in Emma Rice's imaginative musical rendering.
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★★☆☆☆ Why flatten the affect of two powerful orators? Baldwin's points bear repeating; Buckley's condescension rankles as ever.
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★★☆☆☆ An immigrant tale packed with tragedy forfeits urgency when too artfully pixelated.
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★★★★☆ David Strathairn stirringly embodies a hero who tried to alert the Allies to Hitler's ultimate goal
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The notion of "happily ever after" gets a fresh twist in this page-to-stage adaptation of Between the Lines
Indecent. The Kite Runner. How I Learned to Drive. Jagged Little Pill. During her …
★★☆☆☆ This 'musical spectacle' take on the Hunchback's tale is both over-the-top and underwhelming
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At long last, the composer has two operas currently running in NYC
Opera deals in intense emotions. As an impressionable child coming of age on Long Island in the '60s in the wake of three a…
Scrooge's reawakening to the importance of community couldn't come at a better time.
The portrait of this bio-play wouldn t have liked the way it makes sport of the shenanigans of ignorant peasants.
Rick Miller provides a relentless recap of an era not exactly lost in the mists of time.
This sprightly, clever musical proves that theater doesn t always have to enlighten; it can simply tickle.
This neo-Gothic ghost tale has some down-to-earth charms.
This chamber musical was a showcase for the extraordinary vocal talents of Joshua Henry.
This chamber musical was a showcase for the extraordinary vocal talents of Joshua Henry.
Beneath that teen rebel façade quivers a heart of gold.
A teen-oriented musical grows too big for its britches.
