★★★☆☆ Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins are entrancing as husband and wife in Florian Zeller’s going-gently-into-that-good-night drama
Fern Hill: Trouble Down on the Farm
★★☆☆☆ Come for actors John Glover and Mark Linn-Baker; leave with playwright Michael Tucker’s recipe for spaghetti with clam sauce
Betrayal: Less Is More in This London-Born Revival
★★★★★ Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox make a beguiling love triangle in Harold Pinter’s backward-spinning drama
Hercules: A Heroic New Musical, and That’s the Gospel Truth!
★★★★☆ A 200-person cast goes the distance with the Public Works adaptation of the beloved Disney movie
Make Believe: A Sentimental but Not Syrupy Nostalgia Trip
★★★★☆ Children of the ’80s will especially enjoy Bess Wohl’s nostalgic new play, set in a memory-filled family attic
Coriolanus: A Poor Case for a Rarely Produced Play
★★☆☆☆ The second open-air Central Park offering of the summer is a rare miss from usually on-point Shakespearean director Daniel Sullivan
Rinse, Repeat: The Vicious Circle of Eating Disorders
★★★☆☆ Domenica Feraud’s ambitious drama ultimately crumbles under the weight of its good intentions
Moulin Rouge! The Musical!: A Dazzling Exercise in Excess
★★★★★ Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit belt out chart-topping hits in the lavish screen-to-stage salute to “truth, beauty, freedom, and love”
Broadway Bounty Hunter: Annie Golden Nails It
★★★★☆ Annie Golden taps into her badass side in Joe Iconis’ 1970s-inspired musical
Two’s a Crowd: Rita Rudner’s Vegas-Themed Show Busts
★★☆☆☆ Rita Rudner’s innumerable comic gifts are squandered in this musical misfire