★★★☆☆ Michael Greif directs this don’t-call-it-a-jukebox-musical valentine to New York City
Spamalot: Lightheaded, Lighthearted Fun
★★★★☆ Grab your shrubbery! The Monty Python movie-turned-musical returns to Broadway.
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea: Stale Pretzels, Cheap Beer, and Dive-Bar Dreams
★★★★☆ Fueled by stale pretzels and cheap beer, volatile strangers form a tenuous connection in John Patrick Shanley’s two-hander
I Need That: Danny DeVito’s Got the Goods
★★★☆☆ Theresa Rebeck’s new play delves into the concept of trash, treasure, and throwing it all away
Translations: Finding the Meaning Behind the Words
★★★★☆ Irish Rep kicks off its Friel Project with a revival of the playwright’s 1980 language-focused, culture-clash drama
Redwood: A Complex and Comedic Family History Lesson
★★★★☆ Brittany K. Allen writes and stars in an incisive piece about a Black family in Baltimore exploring their roots
Partnership: The Perils of Mixing Business and Pleasure
★★★☆☆ The Mint Theater continues its salute to British playwright Elizabeth Baker with a 1917 marriage-minded comedy
All the Devils Are Here: The Very Best of the Bard’s Worst
★★★★★ Patrick Page was born to be bad in this one-man salute to Shakespeare’s evildoers
The Refuge Plays: A Next-Generational Epic
★★★☆☆ The sweeping Roundabout Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop co-production covers 70 years, three plays, and three ghosts
Merrily We Roll Along: Feel the Flow, Hear What’s Happening
★★★★★ More than 40 years after its debut, the infamous Sondheim-Furth flop gets Broadway redemption