★★★★☆ The renovated Huntington reopens with a full-blooded, full-voiced revival of an August Wilson classic
From Boston: Sing Street Soars
★★★★★ The power of music to empower, powers a rousing theatrical experience
From Maine: Mr. Holland’s Opus Hits Some Clinkers
★★☆☆☆ A cinematic salute to an inspiring teacher is musicalized into something less than inspiring
From Massachusetts: Celebrate Everything Passing By, With Sondheim
★★★★★ Broadway veterans demonstrate stardom’s power to make a Sondheim gem glitter ever more brightly
From Maine: The Nutty Professor, Transformed From Wild To Mild
★★★☆☆ Jerry Lewis’s classic 1963 farce, pleasantly musicalized, has its (buck) teeth pulled
From Massachusetts: Most Happy In Concert, Most Dispiriting In Execution
★☆☆☆☆ A glum expressionistic concert does a classic Frank Loesser score, and the audience, no favors
From Massachusetts: Barrington Bounces Back with Warhol & Waller
A provocative new play, and a grand musical revival, prove that the Pittsfield-based Barrington Stage is alive and well
From Boston: The Inheritance Hands Gay History Over to Regional Theater, Triumphantly
★★★★★ The first U.S. regional production reframes Matthew López’s Olivier & Tony-winner as an intimate epic
From Boston: Our Daughters Like Pillars Offers Family Friction, Northeast of Osage County
★★★☆☆ A long, smartly-written dysfunctional-family drama that feels somewhat longer than necessary
A Strange Loop: The I’s Have It in a Remarkable Musical Achievement
★★★★☆ A one-of-a-kind musical creator unravels the very strands of human identity