★★★★☆ Jade King Carroll sharply directs an exceptional cast, led by Daniel Abeles and Molly Carden
Purpose: Tough New Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Tragicomedy Loses Sight of Purpose
★★★☆☆ Phylicia Rashad keenly directs a first-rate six member-cast featuring LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Kara Young
Ghosts: Ibsen’s Beautifully Acted Classic Oddly Gives Up the Ghost
★★★☆☆ Jack O’Brien directs Mark O’Rowe’s adaptation, with Lily Rabe and Levon Hawke acting like spectral blazes
All Nighter: Five College Seniors Face Graduation and Each Other
★★★☆☆ Natalie Margolin’s slightly hampered dramedy, well directed by Jaki Bradley and well played
On the Evolutionary Function of Shame: A Timely Look at the Controversial Trans Situation
★★★☆☆ 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