★★★☆☆ MCC Theater makes a tasty dish of Theresa Rebeck’s lite comedy
Scotland, PA: A Mostly Fair-to-Middling Musical Dishes Out Murders Most Foul
★★★☆☆ Smart staging and good performers make the most of a so-so new musical
Is This A Room: Real Life Whistleblower Gets Busted, in Real Time
★★★★☆ A word-for-word FBI transcript is starkly staged as a documentary drama
American Utopia: David Byrne Headlines an Extremely Stylish Concert
★★★★☆ A charismatic star and an expert troupe deliver a classy event
The Lightning Thief: Scarcely a Striking Attraction for the Whole Darn Family
★★☆☆☆ Rick Riordan’s modern mythological yarn is a yawn as a musical
Soft Power: Shall We Dance and Sing About Our Cultural Differences?
★★★☆☆ Hillary Clinton enjoys a Fred & Ginger romance in a satirical show at the Public
The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter: Too Much Winking
★★☆☆☆ Vintage songs curdle in coy performances
The White Chip: A Blithe Spirit Spins Into Chronic Alcohol Abuse
★★★☆☆ Three actors make a cautionary saga of excessive drinking go down easily
Heroes of the Fourth Turning: Millennials Argue About Our Civil Wars
★★★★☆ Younger conservatives drunkenly debate fundamental issues at Playwrights Horizons
(A)loft Modulation: Obsessive Behavior and All That Jazz
★★☆☆☆ A bluesy atmosphere and musical performances enhance an awfully talky new drama