★★★☆☆ Slava Polunin and a clown troupe immerse kids and parents in a colorful holiday snowfall
Pumpgirl: North Ireland Trio in Well-Demonstrated Anguish
★★★★☆ Actors Hamish Allan-Headley, Labhaoise Magee, and Clare O’Malley excel in Abbie Spallen’s work
Richard III: Director Hynes Makes Glorious DruidShakespeare Summary
★★★★☆ Aaron Monaghan is the famous villain in an excellent, surprising production
Broadbend, Arkansas: Inspired Musical Look at Racism’s Toll
★★★★☆ Ted Shen, Ellen McHugh, Harrison David Rivers create strong piece with director Jack Cummings III
Cyrano: Great Edmond Rostand Play Less Than Great in Musical Tune-up
★★☆☆☆ Peter Dinklage plays the iconic swordsman in director Erica Schmidt’s adaptation
One Discordant Violin: The Lasting Effect of Potent New Music
★★★★☆ Actor-adapter Anthony Black brings a right-smart Yann Martel short story to the stage
A Woman of the World: Emily Dickinson Well Remembered, Almost
★★★★☆ Kathleen Chalfant radiant as poet Dickinson’s friend(?) Mabel Loomis Todd
Panama Hattie: Klea Blackhurst Swell as Cole Porter’s 1940 Heroine
★★★☆☆ The plot is nothing to rave to friends about, but the songs have the rich Yalie’s gossamer sound
Macbeth: Do Too Many Witches Spoil the Theatrical Brew?
★★★☆☆ John Doyle directs Corey Stoll’s title warrior as too full of the milk of human kindness
Scotland, PA: Shakespeare’s Scottish Play as an Updated So-So Tuner
★★☆☆☆ The McBeths, as they’re now called, in a Lonny Price-directed Macbeth musical with an Adam Gwon score