★★★☆☆ An American songwriter looks inward and outside in friendly bio-shows
The Beacon: A Trivial Sea of Mysteries
★★☆☆☆ Kate Mulgrew glows amid a murky Irish melodrama
See What I Wanna See: Hear What You Oughta Hear
★★★★☆ Michael John LaChiusa’s musical triptych shimmers once more
Our Class: An Artful Holocaust History Lesson
★★★☆☆ Think of a Polish version of Our Town where the neighbors kill you
someone spectacular: Matters of Life and Death
★★★☆☆ A support group shares grief in real time
Six Characters: Right You Are (If You Think You’re Confused)
★★☆☆☆ LCT3 stages Phillip Howze’s disorderly new drama about the theater
Inspired By True Events: Not-So-Grand Guignol
★☆☆☆☆ Director Knud Adams aims to get real staging Ryan Spahn’s debut should-be thriller
On Beckett: Existential Thoughts from a Clown
★★★★☆ The great Bill Irwin is profoundly funny on Samuel Beckett
Oh, Mary!: Don’t Ask for Subtle Comedy
★★☆☆☆ Cole Escola brings a Mary Todd Lincoln cartoon to Broadway
The Welkin: Meet the Real Housewives of 1759
★★☆☆☆ Sandra Oh leads a dozen women through miserable times