★★★★★ Laura Benanti and other new recruits bring fresh joy and fire to Bartlett Sher’s ravishing revival
True West: Shepard’s Raging Brothers Return
★★★★☆ Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano make their own mark in the first Broadway revival of this modern classic
Eddie and Dave: Running with the Devil, in Drag
★★★★☆ A storied rock & roll rivalry is revisited hilariously, with a gender twist (and tenderness), in Amy Staats’s new play
LaBute New Theater Festival: Reasons to be Wary, of Modern Life
★★★☆☆ Three new one-act plays by Neil LaBute find men and women grappling with contemporary and historical issues
On Blueberry Hill: Unlikely Bedfellows, in Crime and Forgiveness
★★★★☆ From Ireland, a tale of two (very different) tortured souls, and towering performances
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!: Family Fun in Whoville
★★★☆☆ The holiday favorite returns to Madison Square Garden, with Gavin Lee as the titular grouch
To Kill A Mockingbird: A Timeless Favorite, Revered and Reborn
★★★★★ Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher reintroduce Harper Lee’s beloved work as a play for our times, or any other
Clueless: As If… It Were Still the ’90s
★★★☆☆ Amy Heckerling brings unapologetic nostalgia and joy to a musical adaptation of her ’90s film, featuring Disney star Dove Cameron
Two By Friel: Love Stories, Fleeting and Bittersweet
★★★★☆ Director Conor Bagley pairs lovely, haunting accounts of innocence and experience by Brian Friel
The Hard Problem: Puzzling Over Beautiful Enigmas, the Mind and Heart
★★★★★ In Tom Stoppard’s brilliant, moving new play, very smart people grapple with very big questions