★★☆☆☆ Herman’s Hermit’s lead singer Peter Noone’s story, via Rick Elice, with nostalgic rock ditties
The Light: Playwright Loy A. Webb Tackles Woman-Man Problem
★★★★☆ McKinley Belcher III and Mandi Masden give their impressive all under director Logan Vaughn
Mies Julie and The Dance of Death: Strindberg Strengthened, Weakened
Yaël Farber’s Mies Julie ★★★★ smartly transforms Strindberg, while The Dance of Death revival ★★ merely smarts
Call Me Madam: Irving Berlin’s Tuneful Laugh at 1950s Politics
★★★★☆ Carmen Cusack goes for broke and nicely gets there in the satirical Ethel Merman showcase
Gatz: Elevator Repair Service’s Penthouse-High Great Gatsby Transfer
★★★★★ Every word of Fitzgerald’s masterwork faithfully read and acted with loving urgency
Eddie and Dave: Amy Staats Salutes Van Halen With a Half-Salute
★★★☆☆ A musical spoof that amuses for a while before becoming a typical rock-band demise tale
Trick or Treat: A Bold Play About Dementia Gets Less and Less Bold
★★☆☆☆ Playwright John Neary presents a Northeastern family in as much distress as the proceedings are
Behind the Sheet: Charly Evon Simpson Smart on Women’s Problems
★★★★☆ How a surgeon in the South uses slave women to solve complicated labor developments
Maestro: Toscanini Conducts Beautiful Music Again
★★★★☆ Eve Wolf’s newest look at a supernal artist, with six musicians added to lend their proficient all
Under the Radar: Hear Word! Naija Women Talk True, Frankenstein
★★★★ A Nigerian all-female troupe proclaim their independence
★★ The Manual Cinema group takes on Shelley