★★★★☆ Internationally acclaimed folk opera arrives on Broadway, under Rachel Chavkin’s direction
Socrates: The Power and Danger of Critical Thinking, in Another Fragile Democracy
★★★★☆ Michael Stuhlbarg makes a triumphant return to the Public Theater in Tim Blake Nelson’s bracing, probing new play
Oklahoma!: Back on the Farm, but Without the Bright Golden Haze
★★★☆☆ Daniel Fish’s acclaimed new take on the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic offers plenty of ambition but not enough joy
King Lear: A Role Fit for A Commander
★★★★☆ Glenda Jackson makes another welcome return, leading a supple cast in Shakespeare’s tragedy
Do You Feel Anger?: Nasty Boys, and the Women Who Endure Them
★★☆☆☆ Young playwright Mara Nelson-Greenberg offers an absurdist, simplistic look at sexism in the workplace
The Lehman Trilogy: An American Dream, and Tragedy, Majestically Recalled
★★★★★ Sam Mendes’s stunning production of Stefano Massini’s rise-and-fall epic arrives in New York
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, with Hits and Misses
★★★☆☆ Broadway’s latest jukebox musical mixes timeless music, exuberantly performed, with time-worn platitudes
Juno and the Paycock: O’Casey’s Heroine and Her Strutting Foil Return, Gloriously
★★★★★ Maryann Plunkett and Ciarán O’Reilly lead a first-rate ensemble in a searing revival of the “Dublin Trilogy” entry
The Mother: Female Trouble, in Midlife
★★☆☆☆ A radiant Isabelle Huppert tries to breathe life into Florian Zeller’s account of a woman’s isolation
Alice By Heart: Lost Youth in a Bittersweet Wonderland
★★★★★ The creators of Spring Awakening draw inspiration from Lewis Carroll, with luminous results