★★★★☆ Even 71 years after its Broadway premiere, the backstage musical hasn’t lost its charm
Be More Chill: A Sci-Fi Musical for Generation Z
★★★★☆ Joe Iconis’ internet sensation, a musical for the iGeneration, finally makes its way to Broadway
Chick Flick the Musical: The Wineglass Is Half Empty
★★☆☆☆ How many Chardonnay jokes can you fit into one show? You’re about to find out.
“Daddy”: A Drama With a Few Issues
★★★☆☆ Alan Cumming stars as a wealthy art collector with a much-younger companion in Jeremy O. Harris’ provocative new play
Superhero: Waiting for Takeoff
★★★☆☆ Tom Kitt and John Logan’s new musical is firmly earthbound. Where’s a caped crusader when you need him?
Boesman and Lena: Don’t Call Them Rubbish
★★★★☆ A troubling but worthwhile trip back to Athol Fugard’s apartheid-era South Africa
Fiddler on the Roof: A New Tradition
★★★★☆ Nothing is lost in translation in the heart-wrenching Yiddish-language tale of Tevye, his daughters, and the tiny town of Anatevka
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark: She’s Quite a Character
★★★☆☆ Part screwball comedy, part post-doctoral thesis, Lynn Nottage’s 8-year-old play still hasn’t solved its identity crisis
Sea Wall / A Life: Meditations on Life and Death
★★★☆☆ Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a pair of somber, sometimes rewarding monologues by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne
Freestyle Love Supreme: Where Hip Hop, Improv, and Comedy Meet
★★★★☆ The hip hop improv troupe cofounded by Lin-Manuel Miranda reunites for an off-Broadway run (with a few special guests)