★★★★★ Actor Jack Holden and writer/director Ed Stambolloulian hit the bull’s eye with Kenrex
Beaches: Much Loved Novel-and-Movie Bursts Into So-So-Songs
★★☆☆☆ Iris Rainer Dart hits sandy shores with Mike Stoller music, Lonny Price, Matt Cowart directing
The Fear of 13: Adrien Brody Acquits Himself as Death Row Convict
★★★★☆ Lindsey Ferrentino dramatizes David Sington’s eye-opening documentary, David Cromer directs
The Approach: Three Women Shoot the Charged Breeze
★★★★☆ Mark O’Rowe writes, Conor Bagley directs, O’Herlihy, MacCluggage and Ryan chat
Titanique: Movie Spoof Unfortunately Hits Musical Iceberg
★★☆☆☆ Marla Mindelle, Constantine Rousouli, Tye Blue share the credit for the Broadway transfer
Death of a Salesman: Nathan Lane Makes Big Deal in Miller Classic
★★★★☆ Joe Mantello directs Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Abbott, large cast in an imposing revival
Giant: Author/Antisemite Roald Dahl Erupts Volcanically
★★★☆☆ Playwright Mark Rosenblatt, director Nicholas Hytner, actor John Lithgow let furiously loose
Monte Cristo: Alexander Dumas Brought to the Musical Stage
★★★☆☆ Peter Kellogg, Stephen Weiner adapt The Count of Monte Cristo, Peter Flynn directs
Tru: Gossipy Truman Capote on the Uproarious Warpath
★★★★☆ Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Jay Presson Allen’s ingratiating script, Rob Ashford gleefully directing
Cold War Choir Practice: Choir’s Under-Rehearsed, Over-Rehearsed
★★☆☆☆ Ro Reddick’s Susan Smith Blackburn prize play with music, directed by Knud Adams