★★★★☆ Marisa Tomei heads The New Group’s smart staging of Jessica Goldberg’s drama
About Michael Sommers
Tammy Faye: Brit Tuner Sings the Red, White and Boo-Hoo Blues
★★☆☆☆ Elton John’s uninspired score scarcely uplifts a new bio-musical
Maybe Happy Ending: Beguiling Musical Charmer from Korea
★★★★☆ Darren Criss and Helen J Shen star in a bittersweet new musical about bots in love
Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!: Experimental Identities
★★★☆☆ Soho Rep exits its longtime home with an antic tribute to a downtown icon
Gatz: Great Scott!
★★★★★ Elevator Repair Service’s remarkable word-for-word Fitzgerald staging returns to the Public
Another Shot: When Harry Met Rehab
★★★☆☆ Dan Butler plays a nice guy who insists “I don’t need to quit drinking”
In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot: Survivors, from Sarah Mantell
★★★☆☆ Blackburn prize-winner studies love in a dystopian climate
Hold on to Me Darling: Don’t Let Go His Ego
★★★★☆ Adam Driver stars as a self-involved charmer
Vladimir: Putin on the Fritz
★★☆☆☆ A cautionary new drama views Russian corruption
Sump’n Like Wings: Yearning to Fly Away
★★★☆☆ A lost play by Lynn Riggs studies youthful urges in 1910s Oklahoma