★★★☆☆ Director Robert Icke has his semi-effective, semi-not adapted way with the Greeks, a strong cast helping things along
The Kite Runner: The Best-Selling Novel Soars Sky-High on Stage
★★★★☆ Matthew Spangler adapts the Khaled Hosseini work, with Giles Croft directing a taut 13-member cast
Seagull: Elevator Repair Service Takes Aim at Anton Chekhov’s Classic
★☆☆☆☆ John Collins directs a laboring 11-member cast in a revival (revisal?), to little avail
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: Western Stage Adaptation Hits Target
★★★★☆ An outstanding cast shines in this stage adaptation of the short story on which the John Wayne-Jimmy Stewart film was based
Richard III: Shakespeare’s Crooked in Several Ways Villain as Court Fashion Plate
★★★☆☆ Director Robert O’Hara has his own thoughts about the tragedy, with Danai Gurira as the last York monarch
Into the Woods: The Beloved Sondheim-Lapine Musical in Full Bloom
★★★★☆ Lear deBessonet directs, Lorin Latarro choreographs the fairytale show, with hugely skilled ensemble
Hamlet: The William Shakespeare Classic Declassified, and the Rest Is Silence
★★★☆☆ The Almeida Theatre production, directed by Robert Icke, with Alex Lawther as Hamlet, Jennifer Ehle as Gertrude
The Orchard: Anton Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard Spectacularly Reimagined
★★★★☆ Director Igor Golyak and outstanding creative team at strong work, with Jessica Hecht, Mikhail Barishnikov featured
Lessons in Survival: 1971: James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni Eloquently Talk Race
★★★☆☆ The Commissary puts an enthralling 1971 interview onstage, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Crystal Dickinson featured
Snow in Midsummer: Updated Chinese Ghost Tale of Injustices Hits Drifts
★★★☆☆ Playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig takes on a 13th-century dramatist, with Zi Alikhan directing a hard-working cast