★★★★★ 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.
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding: Harlem Braids May Not Be Tight Enough
★★★☆☆ Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy with belated pathos is well played and well directed by Whitney White
Melissa Etheridge–My Window: The Rock ‘n’ Roll Icon Tells All, Sells All
★★★★☆ An onstage musical memoir, co-written with Linda Wallem Etheridge, Amy Tinkham directs