★★☆☆☆ Audience participation with a perhaps misguided purpose, directed by Tamilla Woodard
Hamlet: Ruth Negga To Be or Not To Be in Title Role?
★★★☆☆ Yaël Farber’s handsome Gate Theatre production boasts pluses and minuses
House Plant: Wilts Quickly Before Your Aching Eyes and Ears
★★☆☆☆ Sarah Einspanier’s elusive play with three (over)actors and a fourth on violin
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: Mazursky’s Movie Musically Mangled
★☆☆☆☆ Creators Jonathan Marc Sherman, Duncan Sheik, and Amanda Green do no one any adapting favors
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: Masterpiece Returns Triumphantly
★★★★★ A male swan king and male companions turn Ivanov/Petipa into masculine pride
Beyond Babel: “Romeo and Juliet” is “West Side Story”-ized, Very Well
★★★★☆ Keone and Mari Madrid lead highly-energized 12-member dance troupe with inspiration
Medea: Simon Stone’s Not Too Searching Euripides Update
★★★☆☆ Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale menace each other well as star-crossed former lovers
The Confession of Lily Dare: Charles Busch at His Best, As Always
★★★★☆ Carl Andress directs Busch, Nancy Anderson, Howard McGillin, others in heart-felt spoof
A Soldier’s Play: Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer-Winner in Stunning Revival
★★★★☆ Kenny Leon directs David Alan Grier, Blair Underwood and skilled cast on race madness
Boom: Rick MIller’s Solo Show and Show-Off on Baby Boom History
★★★☆☆ The writer-director-performer uses footage, pop music, numerous wigs to make his point(s)