★★★☆☆ Trimmed to two hours, the classic is directed by Branagh, Rob Ashford and Lucy Skilbeck with a young cast
Mama I’m a Big Girl Now!: Bundy, Butler & Winokur Celebrate with Love
★★★★☆ The Broadway vets cleverly relive their related on-stage and off-stage lives
A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful Noteworthy World
★★★★☆ James Monroe Iglehart stars in a tribute to one of the true 20th-century jazz greats
Gatz: Fitzgerald Classic Word-for-Word from Elevator Repair Service
★★★★☆ John Collins directs, Scott Shepherd narrates, with some past and some new cast members
Ragtime: E. L. Doctorow’s Musicalized Masterpiece Masterfully Revived
★★★★★ The Terrence McNally-Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens flawless work, directed by Lear deBessonet, choreographed by Ellenore Scott
Another Shot: An AA Rehab Revealed in Honest, Convincing, Tough Terms
★★★☆☆ Harry Teinowitz brings his own experience to the stage, with Dan Butler playing the role
We Live in Cairo: 2012 Egyptian Revolution Set to Music, Craftily Explored
★★★★☆ Songwriters Daniel and Patrick Lazour and hard-working cast triumph, under Taibi Magar’s direction
Romeo + Juliet: Star-Cross’d Lovers in Star-Cross’d “For Our Time” Production
★★☆☆☆ Kit Connor’s Romeo is notable in Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, under director Sam Gold’s faulty hand
Sunset Blvd.: Nicole Scherzinger Is Norma Desmond in Glorious Black-and-White
★★★☆☆ Director Jamie Lloyd applies his distillation formula to musical adaptation of the classic 1950 film
Hold on to Me Darling: Adam Driver As Country Star in Emotional Traffic Jam
★★★☆☆ Kenneth Lonergan’s 2016 play, revived and directed again by Neil Pepe, with peppery supporting cast