★★☆☆☆ Stephen Schwartz-Lindsey Ferrentino musical, Michael Arden directing, tell rich Jackie Siegel’s tale
44 The Musical: The Obama Years, Satirized with Four-Letter Words
★★☆☆☆ Eli Bauman’s musical mistakes vulgarity for actual entertainment, with a hard-working cast vainly trying
Pygmalion: Shaw’s Classic Greek Myth Update Is Classily Resculptured
★★★★☆ David Staller’s Gingold Theatrical Group plays GBS fast, loose, and well, and the strong cast plays along
Bat Boy: Musical: Bloodsucker Tale Is Way Too Batty
★★☆☆☆ At City Center, this allegedly true story, musicalized a nearly decade ago, tells a too-dull tale
Endgame: Urgent Samuel Beckett Thoughts on Death, Gamely Played
★★★★☆ The master playwright has his abandoned figures facing their usual hypnotic concerns in this Druid production at the Irish Arts Center
Oratorio for Living Things: Musically Captivating, Text Effect Not So
★★★☆☆ Heather Christian’s acclaimed piece, directed by Lee Sunday Evens, in blurred delivery
Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God: One Woman’s Proof
★★★★☆ Jen Tullock performs a version of distancing herself from the evangelical church
Are the Bennet Girls Ok?: Not in Bedlam’s Jane Austen Send-Up
★☆☆☆☆ Emily Breeze’s supposedly funny satire is directed by Eric Tucker, to no avail
Punch: Sin, Redemption Delivered with Emotional Wallop
★★★★☆ James Graham tells true story, Adam Penford directs theatrically, Will Harrison tour de forces
The Honey Trap: The Irish Troubles Dealt with Intriguingly
★★★☆☆ Leo McGann’s circuitous drama, Matt Torney directing, actor Michael Hayden impressing