★★★☆☆ Brian Cox plays LBJ in Robert Schenkkan’s sequel to All The Way
Why?: That Big Question, On Stage and Off
★★★☆☆ Peter Brook and collaborator Marie-Hélène Estienne reflect on theater, generally and in another troubled time
Caesar and Cleopatra: Shaw Redux, with Reverent Irreverence
★★★★☆ Director David Staller revisits Shaw’s power duo, delightfully
Sunday: Twentysomethings, Off the Grid and ISO Meaning
★★☆☆☆ Having tackled King Kong and Harry Potter, Jack Thorne takes on post-millennials
Fern Hill: Old Friends, Getting Older
★★★☆☆ Michael Tucker’s play considers marriage and friendship in our golden years
Derren Brown, Secret: International Man of Mystery and Mind Games
★★★★☆ The British TV and Netflix star brings his psychological intrigue to Broadway
Only Yesterday: A Day (and Night) in the Life of Lennon and McCartney
★★★☆☆ A new play imagines the young Beatles, out of the spotlight
L.O.V.E.R.: From Boy Crazy to Womanly and Wily
★★☆☆☆ Lois Robbins wrote and stars in a mostly autobiographical look at a woman’s relationships through life
Sea Wall/A Life: Fathers and Sons, Grappling with Love and Loss
★★★★☆ Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal turn in stirring performances in monologues addressing parenthood and mortality
Bat Out of Hell—The Musical: All Revved Up, Going Nowhere
★★☆☆☆ A bloated musical adaptation of the Meat Loaf opus wastes the album’s charms, and the talents of cast members