★★★★☆ 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
Between Riverside and Crazy: Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer-Winner Goes B’way
★★★★★ Austin Pendleton directs Stephen McKinley Henderson, six other actors in first-rate dramedy
Ain’t No Mo’: Jordan E. Cooper Writes a First-Rate Political Comedy Revue
★★★★★ A funny, frightening, and important new play on today’s Black-lash
Becky Nurse of Salem: Sarah Ruhl Mixes a Mild Witch Potion
★★★☆☆ Tony-winner Deirdre O’Connell, directed by Rebecca Taichman, casts her always reliable spell
Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road: A Cool, Cool Homage That Could Be Cooler
★★★☆☆ Susan Schulman directs, Michael Lichtefeld choreographs seven energetic singer-dancers
A Christmas Carol: Jefferson Mays Gift-Wraps Charles Dickens, Astonishingly So
★★★★★ The many-times-told classic, tied with glittering ribbons by a highly creative production team