★★★★☆ Jack Cummings III, a deft hand at reviving top-drawer plays, directs six strong actors
My Broken Language: Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Brilliant 2021 Memoir Now Staged
★★★★☆ The playwright relives her Philly-Rican upbringing, while directing a first-rate five-member cast
Almost Famous: Cameron Crowe Almost Tunes Up His 2000 Hit Flick
★★★☆☆ Tom Kitt does the music and some lyrics, while Jeremy Herrin directs a cast of hot rock belters
A Man of No Importance: Jim Parsons in a Musical of Moderate Importance
★★★☆☆ Ragtime’s Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally’s mild creation, with John Doyle directing
peerless: College Admissions Today Get an Overextended Close-Up
★★★☆☆ Asian twins decide homicide is the best way to obtain higher-level education
Baldwin & Buckley at Cambridge: The Contentious, Significant 1965 Debate Unleashed
★★★☆☆ Elevator Repair Service takes a look at sword’s-point eloquence in action
Leopoldstadt: Tom Stoppard at His Absolute, Autobiographical(?) Best
★★★★★ The acclaimed playwright examines four generations of Viennese Jews, Patrick Marber directing a large cast
Four Saints in Three Acts: Gertrude Stein’s Prose-Poem Brilliantly Played
★★★★★ David Greenspan delivers the magnetic, quizzical piece in 90 masterful minutes
This Beautiful Future: Not So Beautiful Future for World War II Love Story
★★☆☆☆ German Soldier-French Woman lovers, with Austin Pendleton, Angelina Fiordellisi back-up singing
Remember This: A Highly Memorable Holocaust Message
★★★★☆ A Polish World War II hero tells his painful story, David Strathairn does the fine acting