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Wet Brain Score 75%

Wet Brain

I saw Wet Brain and lived to tell the tale.  A story of one family’s relationship to addiction, the play barrels its way through a tangle of emotional damage in a claustrophobic marathon of anxiety and anger.  Each family member has fallen to prey to multiple addictions that come flying at you left and right.  This kind of startling chaos could potentially illuminate, if the intensity didn’t start at 70, barely make it to 72 and never work its way back down again.

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The Comeuppance Score 95%

The Comeuppance

Reliving those years upon years you spent around the same people, and you leave—finally, phew—wanting to return different, break from the mold, feel like you’ve done something extraordinary. It’s the reminder to pay attention to those life-shifting moments. A performance of avoiding death, until it’s brimming and overwhelmingly real. The empathy we grew and fostered during COVID relapses—were we the best versions of ourselves during the most difficult times? We revert to this dark ritual that was activated when each of us first ached. “The Age of Bad Choices Seeking Their Consequences. The Comeuppance…”

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Days Of Wine and Roses Score 70%

Days Of Wine and Roses

Watching O’Hara and D’Arcy James in “Days of Wine And Roses” is both thrilling and exhausting.  These two thoroughbreds navigate this difficult and overwritten score with grace and self assurance.  Every song that O’Hara sings is an aria. D’Arcy James takes on his music with the precision of a fencing master.  This is a master class in every way.

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THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY PRESENTS  “I JUST WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY” BY SMOKEY STEVENS Score 95%

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY PRESENTS  “I JUST WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY” BY SMOKEY STEVENS

From a bottomless pit of prison and despair, Stevens mustered sobriety and hope powered by a renewed, unwavering determination, self-worth, confidence, and passion for his craft. His life became a transformative journey of recovery, growth, and personal empowerment. He crushed his alter ego D Man and broke free, becoming a beacon of resilience and strength. Ronald “Smokey” Stevens is a superbly gifted raconteur with an authentic, inspirational story for everyone that must be told.

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New Jersey Ballet Presents Spring Forward Score 95%

New Jersey Ballet Presents Spring Forward

New Jersey Ballet Artistic Director Maria Kowroski has raised the bar (barre) by introducing audiences young and seasoned to an exhilarating new style of ballet, choreographed by exciting masters of the art of dance, clothed by acclaimed fashion designers, all the while keeping with tradition.

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Bees & Honey Score 82%

Bees & Honey

Everything that could disrupt a day, or a marriage, occurs, and we watch how Johaira and Manuel deal with and react to each situation. I’m rooting for this dissolving marriage and left concluding that their emotional obstacles have perhaps become too overbearing, crushing a relationship that may have never established solid footing.

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Primary Trust

There are several ways for a man to deal with a childhood trauma. He might seek out psychotherapy. He could delve into meditation. Or, if he is Kenneth, the central character in Eboni Booth’s hope- and laugh-filled new comedy,Primary Trust, he might indulge in two-for-one mai tais with an imaginary friend…

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GAS Score 75%

GAS

The set is a playground as we humans are God’s children and he likes to watch us play, especially play war.

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