★★★★☆ A new musical by James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie finds icons bonding, with a little help from LSD
Company: That Invincible Bunch, Reconsidered
★★★★☆ Marianne Elliott’s acclaimed modern spin on the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth classic arrives in New York
Trouble in Mind: A Delayed Debut, Still Fresh and Troubling
★★★★☆ Alice Childress’s biting play-within-a-play finally arrives on Broadway, more than sixty years after its premiere
Diana, the Musical: The Princess and the Peepers
★★☆☆☆ A new musical offers a peek at the late Princess of Wales, and a lot of costume changes
Trevor: A Boy and His Diva
★★★★☆ The Oscar-winning short film becomes a buoyant musical, in which Diana Ross looms large
Caroline, or Change: Of Despair and Hope, and Singing Washing Machines
★★★★☆ A London-based revival showcases the emotional range of the Tony Kushner/Jeanine Tesori musical
The Fever: Wallace Shawn Wags His Finger, Again
★★★☆☆ Lili Taylor plays Shawn’s tortured traveler in a revival of the Obie Award-winning play
Sanctuary City: Home Is Where the Hurt Is
★★★★★ Young immigrants search for love and belonging, under duress, in Martyna Majok’s shattering new play
What Happened? The Michaels Abroad: From Richard Nelson, More Food for the Soul
★★★★★ The playwright and director completes his Rhinebeck Panorama with a typically nourishing, and trenchant, work.
Blindness: Light, Flickering, at the End of a Tunnel
★★★★☆ Simon Stephens’s stark, lyrical adaptation of the novel arrives in New York, for socially distanced audiences