★★★☆☆ Excellent performances and design enliven a docudrama of the HUAC’s hunt for Commies in Hollywood
About Michael Sommers
A Woman Among Women: Hubris and You
★★☆☆☆ LCT3 hosts a community riff on classical themes by Julia May Jonas
Girl, Interrupted: Living Under the Bell Jar
★★★★☆ Martyna Majok and Aimee Mann craft an intimate drama with songs about women existing in a 1960s psychiatric facility
Jerome: Sex and the Single Stranger
★★☆☆☆ Stephen Spinella sparks a triangular romantic drama set in a ghost town
Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium: Department Story
★★★☆☆ Candy Buckley and a bright ensemble illuminate an incomplete dark comedy by an American master
73 Seconds: He Remembers Mama
★★★☆☆ En Garde Arts stages a new solo show inside a planetarium
Hamlet: Cool and Clear
★★★☆☆ Hiran Abeysekera heads a multicultural ensemble in the National Theatre’s visiting production
Kenrex: True Crime Time in Flyover Country
★★★☆☆ An English import showcases Jack Holden’s Olivier Award-winning performance as an ugly American
The Rocky Horror Show: Roundabout Rolls Out a Not So Hot Patootie
★★☆☆☆ Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis and Rachel Dratch appear amid a conventional revival of an unconventional musical
Schmigadoon!: Doin’ Nicely Nicely By the Classics
★★★★☆ Alex Brightman leads a dandy company through a salute to musicals like they don’t make them anymore