Frank Scheck

★★★★☆ Magician Jamie Allan regales us with his life story to augment his dazzling illusions.

★★★☆☆ Elizabeth McGovern stars in and wrote this play about Ava Gardner’s short-lived collaboration with a ghostwriter

★★★☆☆ This jukebox musical featuring six actor/singers and a five-piece band includes numerous rock and pop classics from the era.

★★★☆☆ Betsy Wolfe stars in the musicalized story of Joy Mangano, inventor of the Miracle Mop and other products.

★★★☆☆ The latest immersive theater production from Punchdrunk has small groups of theatergoers walking through a variety of atmosphere-laden environments.

★★★★☆ John Krasinski plays a depressed middle-aged man who goes down an internet rabbit hole in Penelope Skinner’s sharp-edged drama.

★★★★☆ Reed Birney and Lisa Emery play a long-married couple talking about their lives in Donald Margulies’ new drama

★★★★☆ Liev Schreiber, Maggie Siff, and Justice Smith star in Jen Silverman’s adaptation of Strindberg’s classic drama.

★★★☆☆ Dule Hill plays the title role in Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor’s play with music, exploring Nat King Cole’s troubled psyche.

★★★★☆ Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty co-star in this intimate drama about a university professor who has an affair with one of his students.