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1. REVIEW: 'Richard III' looks swift and forceful
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Ron Cephas Jones and Suzanne Bertish lead the Public Theater's traveling show BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW During the last three weeks, the Public Theater's Mobile ...

2. REVIEW: 'Into the Woods' looks good in Central Park
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Amy Adams and Donna Murphy shine in Stephen Sondheim's fairy tale musical BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW The original “Into the Woods” in 1987 and its Broadway revival ...

3. REVIEW: Dodge a 'Bullet for Adolf'
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Woody Harrelson co-authors and directs a miscarried comedy. BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW A would-be comedy, “Bullet for Adolf” is such a poorly-written and badly-acted ...

4. REVIEW: Gore Vidal's 'The Best Man' looks better than ever
(Entertainment/Movies)

Cybill Shepherd, John Stamos, Kristin Davis and Elizabeth Ashley join the political comedy BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW Broadway's marquees were dimmed at curtain hour ...

5. REVIEW: 'The Last Smoker in America' butts out
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Silly musical skips potential satire for kitchen sink comedy BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW A would-be satirical musical that opened on Thursday at the Westside Theater, ...

6. REVIEW: ‘Bring It On’ packs all-American excitement
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Cheerleader musical brings fresh faces and explosive choreography to Broadway BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW Let’s give a rousing hurrah for “Bring It On: The Musical,” ...

7. REVIEW: ‘Dogfight’ proves sweeter than it seems
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

New musical mixes Vietnam-bound Marines with a party of homely women BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW A new musical based upon a 1991 film that starred River Phoenix ...

8. REVIEW: ‘Nymph Errant’ pops up in New York
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Cole Porter’s rarely-done 1933 musical arrives in a trim package BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW The most legendary among Cole Porter’s many musicals is “Nymph Errant,” ...

9. REVIEW: ‘Fela!’ returns to Broadway
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Afro-Beat musical dramatically sings and dances up a storm of social protest BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW The wonderfully idiosyncratic musical “Fela!” has returned ...

10. A new American Dance Machine gears up for the 21st century
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

South Orange native Nikki Feirt Atkins heads a company that re-creates theater dance classics BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Celebrated dance sequences from three notable Broadway musicals ...

11. REVIEW: ‘Slowgirl’ graces Lincoln Center Theater’s new space
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Zeljko Ivanek plays a loner whose niece visits in the shadows of the jungle BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW Lincoln Center Theater’s worthy developmental play program, ...

12. REVIEW: ‘As You Like It’ looks highly likable
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Lily Rabe portrays Rosalind in an outdoors production set in 1830s America BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW The Public Theater celebrates its 50th season of staging ...

13. REVIEW: 'Zarkana' returns to Radio City Music Hall
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Steampunk-ish visuals and thrilling circus acts drive Cirque du Soleil’s spectacle BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW More than half a million people saw “Zarkana” at ...

14. REVIEW: ‘Harvey’ rematerializes on Broadway
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

“Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons plays a bibulous charmer in Roundabout’s sweet revival BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM BROADWAY REVIEW The new Broadway season began nicely on Thursday ...

15. REVIEW: ‘Rapture, Blister, Burn’ studies women who want it all
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Gina Gionfriddo’s new dramedy considers the paradoxes of feminist theory and practice today BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW The spirit of Wendy Wasserstein benevolently ...

16. REVIEW: ‘Storefront Church’ offers a Bronx tale
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

John Patrick Shanley brews a new drama regarding ethical, spiritual and racial issues BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW So it’s good news and bad news over at Atlantic ...

17. REVIEW: ‘Medieval Play’ makes little sense of darker ages
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Tate Donovan and Josh Hamilton play knights without any holy grail to pursue BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW In short, which this latest work by Kenneth Lonergan certainly ...

18. REVIEW: ‘Chimichangas and Zoloft’ proves easy to digest
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Two teen girls, their dads and a missing mom inhabit a new comedy BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW “Chimichangas and Zoloft” sounds like a nasty combination to digest ...

19. REVIEW: ‘Potted Potter’ goes wild over Harry
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Silly two-man parody of the “Harry Potter” series aims entirely for fans BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW For the record, I am not especially conversant with the Harry ...

20. REVIEW: Spiegelworld’s ‘Empire’ arrives uptown
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

Sexy acrobats, raunchy comics and intimate atmospherics occupy Broadway in a tent BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW Location, location, location: Spiegelworld formerly ...