★★★★☆ Randy Skinner conceives, directs and choreographs six deft singer-dancers, with sharp Barry Kleinbort book
A Sherlock Carol: Holmes Meets Ebenezer Scrooge in a Perfect Holiday Wrapping
★★★★☆ Mark Shanahan writes and directs a new mystery, with Drew McVety and Thom Sesma as the beloved fictional characters
The Alchemist: Ben Jonson’s Jacobean Hilarity Gussied Up for Today’s Laugh Lovers
★★★★☆ Jeffrey Hatcher and Red Bull’s Jesse Berger rev up a classy set of farceurs, Red Rogers, Manoel Felciano among them
Cullud Wattah: A Flint, Michigan Family Trying to Survive Enduring Water Plague
★★★★★ Erika Dickerson-Despenza protests an inexplicable situation through the eyes and miseries of five women.
Morning’s at Seven: Extra-Special Cast Does the Paul Osborn Classic Proud
★★★★☆ Dan Wackerman helms Lindsey Crouse, Alma Cuervo, Dan Lauria, Patty McCormack, Alley Mills, Tony Roberts, John Rubinstein
Turtle on a Fence Post: First-Ever Revenge Musical Reaches Stage, Skids
★★★☆☆ Formerly imprisoned political strategist Hank Morris adds songs to his angry story
Nollywood Dreams: Jocelyn Bioh’s Laughalot Comedy About the Nigerian Film Industry
★★★★☆ Saheem Ali directs a hot cast in a sitcom/rom-com that brings back lightweight fare just when needed
Trevor: Oscar-Winning Short Film Turns Into Overlong Musical
★★★☆☆ Story which spearheaded The Trevor Project comes to the musical comedy stage
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord: Performance Artist Wong Sews Masks Powerfully
★★★★☆ Founding a mask-making aggregate gives the activist incentive for excoriating the nation’s Pandemic response
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992: Anna Deavere Smith’s Stage Documentary Brilliantly Back
★★★★★ Taibi Magar directs a versatile five-member cast in a harsh look at racism then and now