★★★☆☆ The playwright/actor questions how effective any understanding between the races can be
Lear, That Old Man I Used to Know: Not the Tragedy You Used to Know
★★★☆☆ Writer-director Beth Ann Hopkins fools with Shakespeare’s King Lear for intriguing changes
Dust: Milly Thomas Wrote, Performs an Ashen but Lively Monologue
★★★★☆ A raw look, directed by Sara Joyce, at what happens after a death that isn’t exactly final
Felix Starro: Musical on Philippines Psychic Surgery Needs Gurney
★★☆☆☆ Playwright Jessica Hagedorn, composer Juan Obispo take on questionable healing clumsily
Hercules: The Strong Man and Huge Cast Sing Lustily on Stage
★★★★☆ The 1997 Disney cartoon with Alan Menken-David Zippel score transfers under Lear deBessonet
House, or How to Lose an Orchard in 90 Minutes or Less: No Ax Needed
★★★★☆ The Mitu Theater Group reworks Chekhov’s “Cherry Orchard” for emphatic new meaning
Sea Wall/A Life: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Sturridge in Great, Nervous Shape
★★★★☆ Carrie Cracknell forcibly directs tough-minded one-acts by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne
Love, Noël: Steve Ross, KT Sullivan Honor the Great Coward
★★★★★ Charlotte Moore directs the praise-worthy Barry Day-devised-and-written compilation
#DateMe An OKCupid Experiment: Comic Robyn Lynne Norris Has Only OK Dating Flings
★★☆☆☆ Audience members get to participate in the six-actor send-up, directed and choreographed by Lorin Latarro
Little Gem: Three Generations in One Family Work It All Out
★★★★☆ Elaine Murphy’s engaging play features Marsha Mason, Brenda Meany, and Lauren O’Leary