★★★★☆ Harold Rome-Jerome Weidman novel adaptation, retooled by John Weidman, Trip Cullman directing
Artificial Flavors: AI-Generated Improv Musical Gobbles Like a Turkey
★★☆☆☆ Civilians Artistic Director Steve Cosson and six-member cast perform a tech creation that falls short of actual entertainment
Daphne: Woman Turns Into Tree, in This Wooden Drama
★★☆☆☆ Playwright Renae Simone Jarrett has something in mind she doesn’t satisfyingly transmit
DruidO’Casey: The Master Irish Playwright’s Trilogy, Not Quite Mastered
★★★★☆ Director Garry Hynes, 18-member cast succeed with the classic trilogy’s themes.
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding: Harlem Braids May Not Be Tight Enough
★★★☆☆ Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy with belated pathos is well played and well directed by Whitney White
Melissa Etheridge–My Window: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Icon Tells All, Sells All
★★★★☆ An onstage musical memoir, co-written with Linda Wallem Etheridge, Amy Tinkham directs
Mary Gets Hers: A Spotty Spoof on 10th Century Religious Play
★★☆☆☆ Emma Horwitz writes, Josiah Davis directs, and five-member cast strives, to little avail
Prometheus Firebringer: AI Questions Not So Easily Answered
★★★☆☆ Annie Dorsen reads a lecture on a current fire-hot topic along with imagined Aeschylus tragedy
Job: Therapist-Patient-in-Trouble Play Requires Patience
★★★☆☆ Peter Friedman, Sydney Lemmon impressive in Max Wolf Friedlich work, Michael Herwitz directing
Death, Let Me Do My Show: A So-So Battle With the Grim Reaper
★★☆☆☆ Writer-performer Rachel Bloom aggressively talks and sings through a nearly one-person outing