★★★★☆ The movie star makes her Broadway debut in Amy Herzog’s award-winning drama about a mother caring for a seriously ill child.
Patriots: Russian History Rendered with Shakespearean Theatricality
★★★★☆ Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen star in Peter Morgan’s drama about the war of wills between a Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin.
Cabaret: Come for the Pre-Show, and Oh, There’s Also the Musical
★★★★☆ Eddie Redmayne plays the Emcee in this Broadway transfer of the heralded, immersive London production.
Still: Love in the Age of Polarization
★★★★☆ Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson play former lovers whose reunion after many years soon turns fraught in Lia Romeo’s intimate comedy-drama.
The Outsiders: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
★★★☆☆ The classic YA novel, previously made into a hit 1983 film, has been unconvincingly adapted as a Broadway musical.
Andrea McArdle: The Broadway Baby Returns to Familiar Environs
The “Annie” star revisits highlights of her career in her 54 Below show.
Water for Elephants: Heavy Lifting for a Musical
★★★☆☆ Acrobatics and puppetry abound in this musical adaptation of the best-selling novel about a love triangle that takes place in a Depression-era traveling circus.
An Enemy of the People: Ibsen’s Classic Trivialized with Gimmickry and Ice Cubes
★★☆☆☆ Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli star in Sam Gold’s production of Ibsen’s classic drama, adapted by Amy Herzog.
The Effect: A Play About a Scientific Experiment That Feels Like One
★★★☆☆ Jamie Lloyd directs this London revival of Lucy Prebble’s drama about two test subjects in a drug experiment falling in love.
Corruption: Real-Life Events, Compellingly Dramatized
★★★★☆ This gripping new effort from J. T. Rogers, author of “Oslo,” concerns the News International phone hacking scandal that rocked Britain.