★★★★☆ Bartlett Sher directs Lauren Ambrose, Harry Hadden-Paton and an impeccable cast
The Seafarer: Conor McPherson’s Tense Drinking, Soul-Searching Tale
★★★★☆ Matthew Broderick heads an expert ensemble is this realistic-surrealistic drama
Children of a Lesser God: Mark Medoff Prize Winner Back Forthrightly
★★★☆☆ Joshua Jackson as speech teacher to the deaf and Sarah Ridloff as unwilling student
The Sting: The Irresistible 1973 Oscar Flick as Irresistible Tuner
★★★★★ Harry Connick Jr. leads a cast directed by John Rando and choreographed by Warren Carlyle.
King Lear: Antony Sher Makes Foolish Old Age Memorable
★★★★☆ Director Gregory Doran runs mostly hot and sometimes cold on the Shakespeare masterpiece
Miss You Like Hell: Hudes and McKeown View Mothers and Daughters
★★★☆☆ Rubin-Vega and Jiménez as an estranged mother and daughter renewing their love to songs
The Winter’s Tale: Arin Arbus’ Austere–Too Austere?–Revival
★★★☆☆ The stage direction that goes “Exit, pursued by bear” gets it best showing ever
Feeding the Dragon: A Childhood Sometimes Charmed, Often Not
★★★☆☆ Writer-performer Sharon Washington remembers being the girl who lived in the library
Rocktopia: Rock and Classical Fight to the Death, Both Lose
★☆☆☆☆ Classic rock warhorses meet classical warhorses, but the singers, orchestra, and choir reach no agreement
Pygmalion: Delightful Shaw, With Only Spoken Music
★★★★☆ Bedlam’s Eric Tucker directs a six-member cast with Vaishnavii Sharma as Eliza and himself as Higgins