★★★★☆ A screwball musical from London rolls onto Broadway
About Michael Sommers
Buena Vista Social Club: How to Make Beautiful Music in Havana
★★★★☆ Vintage Afro-Cuban songs pack a unique new jukebox musical
Vanya: Andrew Scott Goes Virtuoso in a Solo Show
★★★★☆ Expect no Russian dressing but plenty of Irish accents in this Chekhov adaptation
The Jonathan Larson Project: Seasoned with Love
★★★☆☆ Unknown tunes from a songwriter’s trunk get nicely noted
The Great Privation: Black Family History Lost and Found
★★☆☆☆ Mothers and daughters then and now dig around a family tree
SUMO: Wrestling with Higher Desires
★★★☆☆ Lisa Sanye Dring’s new drama studies Japan’s national sport
Sugarcraft: A Scoop of Culinary History Spoiled by the Serving
★☆☆☆☆ Julia Child’s 18th-century spiritual ancestor gets a raw deal at 59E59
Grangeville: No Thanks for the Memories
★★★★☆ Paul Sparks and Brian J. Smith play brothers and others in Samuel D. Hunter’s thoughtful new drama
Queen of the Mist: Mary Testa Goes over Niagara Falls Once More
★★★☆☆ Michael John LaChiusa’s music-theater work returns in a smart concert staging in New Jersey
Garside’s Career: The Rise and Fall of a Silver-Tongued Speaker
★★★☆☆ An antique British drama about class struggle gets freshly Minted