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★★☆☆☆ Playwright Zak also directs a cast willing to go for broke from the get-go, no matter how short the results fall

★★★★☆ Ciarán O’Reilly directs the Irish Rep revival for the fourth time, with actors Dan Butler, Sean Gormley, John Keating back again

★★☆☆☆ Kevin Murphy, Laurence O’Keefe adapt the teen flick, Andy Rickman directs, with a cast of belters who do what they’re asked to do

★★★★☆ Writer-lyricist-composer Douglas Lyons, composer Ethan D. Pakchar, director-choreographer Josh Rhodes succeed brightly

★★★★☆ Writer-Performer Jack Klaff pays profound, tireless homage to the Prague master, Colin Watkeys, directing

★★★★☆ Sarna Lapine directs the six-time Emmy winner soloing as a talented but oppressed trailer-park housewife

★☆☆☆☆ Darko Tresnjak directs the misguided satire, with Mac as Artist and Jason O’Connell and Sierra Boggess as other targets

★★★★☆ Jesse Berger scrupulously directs Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation, Mark Linn-Baker heading smart cast

★★☆☆☆ Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor, who directs, concoct the beloved singer’s historic tv series not well

★★★★☆ Jack Cummings III directs the insightful comical, dramatic work about made and missed connections, with grade-A cast