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Pages On Stages — A blog of reviews for AFTER you’ve seen a show to reflect on the similarities and differences in what we saw in the same production.

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Pages on Stages will be live updating the Tony Awards tonight at: pagesonstages.com/2025/06/08… CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE NOMINEES! @BroadwayLeague @TonyAwardsShow @audiencerewards @TDFNYC

TONY AWARD WINNERS

Congrats to all the Tony Award winners! An asterisk indicates a correct prediction from Pages on Stages. AWARDWINNER*Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a PlayKara Young, Purpose*B…

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New review: Lunar Eclipse @2STNYC pagesonstages.com/2025/06/07…

The Twilight Years

Lunar Eclipse – 05 June 2025 Lunar Eclipse features a middle aged married couple who have settled into their life together and lost a little bit of the spark of their initial connection. They…

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New review: Cracked Open pagesonstages.com/2025/05/26…

There is Help!

Cracked Open – 25 May 2025 At first pass, Cracked Open seems like a moving play for audiences who haven’t dealt with serious mental illness. Unfortunately, I not only have multiple diagnoses, but I…

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@PagesOnStages review of Good Night, and Good Luck. It’s preaching to the choir, mostly because the flock can’t afford the price of admission. pagesonstages.com/2025/05/24…

Good Luck with That

Good Night, and Good Luck – 22 May 2025 I loved the message and the spirit of Good Night, and Good Luck. It is timely and crucially important to understand the difference between ne…

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Check out @PagesOnStages predictions of @TheTonyAwards here: pagesonstages.com/2025/05/03…

Tony Awards 2025 Predictions

78th Annual Tony Awards Predictions – Mason Pilevsky Check out our 78th annual Tony Awards predictions! Pages on Stages correctly predicted 16 out of 26! Check out which ones here: TONY AWARD…

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New @PagesOnStages review of Buena Vista Social Club @buenavistashow dancing its way into your hearts! Full review at: pagesonstages.com/2025/05/04…

Chairography

Buena Vista Social Club – 03 May 2025  The strongest element of Buena Vista Social Club was also the uniting force within the world of the show – the music. Though it didn’t used to …

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@PagesOnStages loved the attention to detail in Pirates! the Penzance Musical @roundaboutnyc #piratesofpenzance #gilbertandsullivan
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Book Review - Manhattan Mayhem by David Rothenberg pagesonstages.com/2025/04/24…

BOOK REVIEW: Manhattan Mayhem

Manhatten Mayhem by David Rothenberg, review written 25 April 2025 David Rothenberg’s new memoir, Manhattan Mayhem, is an intelligent, beautiful look at a lifetime of memories (and fictionaliz…

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New review: minor.ity: pagesonstages.com/2025/04/20… @WPTheater

Who Tells Your Story?

minor.ity – 19 April 2025 minor.ity begins with a Senegalese storyteller (Ato Essanndoh) inviting the audience into a tale he’s going to tell. He pulls back the curtain to a modern-day story about …

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New Op-Ed: Do Movie Stars Belong on Broadway? Featuring: Othello pagesonstages.com/2025/04/11… @othellobway

Op-Ed: Do Movie Stars Belong on Broadway?

Featured Production: Othello – 6 April 2025 Stunt casting has been a part of Broadway for generations, and this 2024-2025 season is no exception. On the surface, it seems like a good idea. In…

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New review: He Said, She Says pagesonstages.com/2025/04/09… @FringeNYC

A (Trans) Critic Says

He Said, She Says – 07 April 2025 Many transgender people, especially those who transition later in life, like to glamorize their medical transitions as a way of finding peace and comfort tha…

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Happy Opening @BoopTheMusical ! @PagesOnStages has a review for you: pagesonstages.com/2025/04/06…

It’s Where it Needs to Be

Boop! The Musical – 29 March 2025 The most interesting and exciting thing about Boop! The Musical is the devotion and commitment to creating a black-and-white cartoon world that is just as interest…

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#Brecht #KurtWeill @PagesOnStages review of #TheThreepennyOpera at @BAM_Brooklyn co-produced with @stannswarehouse can be found here: pagesonstages.com/2025/04/05… A delightful departure from contemporary conventions!

We Live Only a Short Time

The Threepenny Opera – 03 April 2025 Twenty-first century theatre, especially of late, primarily comes in two forms: safe and edgy. But it’s a very specific definition of “edgy”, which has be…

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New review: POTUS - Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive pagesonstages.com/2025/03/22… @CityGateProd thank you for the laugh I didn’t know I desperately needed!

Hocus POTUS

POTUS – 22 March 2025 POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive at City Gate Productions utilized a talented cast of diverse women to shatter the gla…

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@PagesOnStages review of #TheTrojans at The Cell Theatre: pagesonstages.com/2025/03/22… @emilyowenspr

For Leegrid! For Leegrid! For Leegrid!

The Trojans – 20 March 2025 The Trojan horse of The Trojans by Leegrid Stevens as produced by Loading Dock Theatre was hiding a very dark and depressing reality inside a fun, enjoyable experience. …

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@PagesOnStages was deeply moved by @MTC_NYC ‘s production of #WeHadAWorld Check out our full review here: pagesonstages.com/2025/03/19…

We Make Our World

We Had a World – 18 March 2025 From the beginning, Joshua Harmon’s We Had a World gripped me in the ache of its familiar intergenerational embrace. Told primarily from the voice of …

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@PagesOnStages reviewed #Sugarcraft at @59E59 Full review here: pagesonstages.com/2025/03/09…

Saccharine Sweet

Sugarcraft – 09 March 2025 The design elements (and the ice cream!) of No. 11 Productions’s Sugarcraft really hit the spot. From entering and being handed a guest name (audience participation never…

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@PagesOnStages insight into #Grangeville at Signature Theatre. Full review here: pagesonstages.com/2025/03/01… @blakezidell

Home on the Grange

Grangeville – 28 February 2025 Grangeville features two brothers, Jerry (Paul Sparks) and Arnold (Brian J. Smith) reconnecting after years of silence because their mother is dying and he…

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@PagesOnStages found #Dakar2000 @MTC_NYC absolutely breathtaking! Full review here: pagesonstages.com/2025/02/27…

Equal Opportunity Exploitation

Dakar 2000 – 23 February 2025 What does it mean to do good in the world? What does it mean to make a difference in the world? Dakar 2000 explores the idea that having an impactful l…

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New review from @PagesOnStages The Audit / The American Dream pagesonstages.com/2025/02/27… @urbanstagesnyc @UrbanStages

The Risk of Buying In

The Audit / The American Dream – 24 February 2025 Urban Stages’ Dynamic Duos has created a really fascinating idea about taking a snapshot of different perspectives on some of America’s most …

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