★★☆☆☆ Director Robert O’Hara needlessly updates the master as Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp, Jason Bowen, and Ato Blankson-Wood toil
Kimberly Akimbo: David Lindsay-Abaire’s Akimbo Play Now Sings Out
★★★★☆ Ubiquitous composer Jeanine Tesori supplies music to tunes Victoria Clark, Bonnie Milligan and cast have good times with
Selling Kabul: Worthy Drama About Afghanis in Torn-From-Headlines Distress
★★★★☆ Playwright Sylvia Khoury, director Tyne Rafaeli, four-member cast distinguish themselves on scarifying subject
Mrs. Doubtfire: Musical Comedy Misfire from Something Rotten! Team
★★☆☆☆ Rob McClure plays the title figure with all engines running, Jerry Zaks directs with all engines revving.
Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin Hollywood Revue Reaching for the Highest Peak
★★★★☆ 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