★★☆☆☆ Emily Feldman’s new play, directed by Daniel Aukin, has its drawbacks
Letters From Max, a ritual: Intimate Teacher-Student Work
★★★☆☆ Sarah Ruth’s epistolary homage to late poet Max Ritvo, Kate Whoriskey directs
A Bright New Boise: Flawed Early Hunter Work Neatly Revived
★★★☆☆ Oliver Butler directs strong cast in handsome production
Out of the Dark: Melissa Errico’s Bright Film Noir Tribute
★★★★☆ The versatile, imaginative cabaret performer takes a walk on the wild side
Pictures From Home: Family Drama Not Fully Developed
★★★☆☆ Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein, Zoë Wanamaker star, Bartlett Shar directs
Endgame: Bill Irwin, John Douglas Thompson Play Beckett’s Work to Win
★★★★☆ Ciarán O’Reilly also directs Joe Grifasi, Patrice Johnson Chevannes in a first-rate revival
On Set With Theda Bara: David Greenspan Vamps in High Style
★★★★☆ Joey Merlo’s hour-long fun fantasy, directed to a jaunty fare-thee-well by Jack Serio
Without You: Rent’s Anthony Rapp Remembers the Classic Musical
★★★★☆ A monologue about love, grief, joy, and a famed production’s highs and lows
Sugar Daddy: So-Out-He’s-In Gay Comic Probes the Funny Side of Grief
★★★★☆ 28-year-old diabetic Jew Sam Morrison stops at little while mourning his late lover
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel: A Strange, Strong Meta-Theater Must
★★★★☆ Ambitious, Inventive, prolific actor-writer Tim Crouch impressively worries about theater-going today