★★★★☆ Composer Michael John LaChiusa, director-choreographer Graciela Daniele tell her affecting story
Waiting for Godot: Beckett’s Masterpiece Revived, Worth the Wait
★★★★☆ Arin Arbus directs scrupulously, Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks act at the top of their forms
Harmony: A Harmonious New Musical About Discordant 1930s Germany
★★★★★ Barry Manilow and Bruce Susskind create, Warren Carlyle choreograph-directs, and Chip Zien finally gets his leading-man moment
Arcadia: Tom Stoppard’s Heart-Felt Play in Weakened-Heart Revival
★★☆☆☆ Eric Tucker puts Bedlam players, including outstanding Caroline Grogan, through unrewarding paces
Sabbath’s Theater: Philip Roth’s Ribald Novel Now Stage Struck
★★★☆☆ Ariel Levy, John Turturro adapt, Turturro acts with Elizabeth Marvel, Jason Kravitz, Jo Bonney directs
Merry Me: Lesbian Sex Comedy Not That Sexy, Not That Comic
★★☆☆☆ Hansol Jung writes, Leigh Silverman directs, seven actors have a go at doing their stuff
I Can Get It for You Wholesale: Musical Revival Worth Paying Retail For
★★★★☆ Harold Rome-Jerome Weidman novel adaptation, retooled by John Weidman, Trip Cullman directing
Artificial Flavors: AI-Generated Improv Musical Gobbles Like a Turkey
★★☆☆☆ Civilians Artistic Director Steve Cosson and six-member cast perform a tech creation that falls short of actual entertainment
Daphne: Woman Turns Into Tree, in This Wooden Drama
★★☆☆☆ Playwright Renae Simone Jarrett has something in mind she doesn’t satisfyingly transmit
DruidO’Casey: The Master Irish Playwright’s Trilogy, Not Quite Mastered
★★★★☆ Director Garry Hynes, 18-member cast succeed with the classic trilogy’s themes.