★★★☆☆ D. A. Mindell is fired up on the subject, as are director Jess McLeod and raring-to-go cast of six.
Curse of the Starving Class: Curses! The Sam Shepard Classic Declassifies Itself
★★☆☆☆ Calista Flockhart, Christian Slater, Cooper Hoffman, Stella Marcus, directed by Scott Elliott, end up dysfunctioned
Garside’s Career: Hobson’s Choice Playwright Careering Downward
★★★☆☆ Harold Brighouse peers at North England politics, with the cast led by Daniel Marconi
Urinetown: The Once-Startling Musical Handily Revived
★★★☆☆ Composer-lyricist Mark Hollman, book writer-lyricist Greg Kotis, director Teddy Bergman revitalize the unforgettable classic
Beckett Briefs: The 20th-Century Master Served Masterfully
★★★★☆ Krapp’s Last Tape, Not I, Play, with F. Murray Abraham, Roger Dominic Casey, Kate Forbes, Sarah Street, Ciarán O’Reilly directing
Show/Boat: A River: The Seminal, Historical Classic Severely Landlocked
★☆☆☆☆ Director/adaptor David Herskovits misses the mark with Kern/Hammerstein/Ferber classic
All In: Comedy About Love by Simon Rich — Hit & Miss Revue
★★★☆☆ John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Richard Kind in an amusing evening
A Guide for the Homesick: 2 Actors, 4 Characters, 1 Misguided Script
★★☆☆☆ Actors McKinley Belcher III, Uly Schlesinger, director Shira Milikowsky distinguish Ken Urban’s confusing drama
Death Becomes Her: 1992 Streep-Hawn Film Musicalized, Unbecomingly
★★☆☆☆ Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are the contentious bffs, with Christopher Gattelli directing-choreographing
The Blood Quilt: Katori Hall’s Beautifully Stitched Sisters Play
★★★★☆ Lileana Blain-Cruz directs a highly proficient cast hardly upstaged by a series of awesome quilts