★★★☆☆ Colt Coeur and WP Theater premiere a study of Black artists exploiting their cultural identity
Smash: Marilyn, We Hardly Knew Ye
★★☆☆☆ Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman recycle their TV score for the stage
I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan: Singular Theater Talk
★★★★☆ Mona Pirnot composes an Escher-like solo comedy about the very artist who is performing it
Danger and Opportunity: Up Close and Personal with a Polyamorous Trio
★★★☆☆ Juan Castano, Ryan Spahn and Julia Chan comprise a troubled throuple
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Sarah Snook Slays with Multiple Selfies and Multimedia Screens
★★★☆☆ Oscar Wilde’s tale is distilled as a succession of images reflecting a beauty with a beastly ego
Wine in the Wilderness: Alice Childress Reads the Black Bougie Gaze
★★★☆☆ LaChanze stages a sharp vintage study of sex and class in mid-1960s Harlem
Operation Mincemeat: A Comical Slice of World War II Lore
★★★★☆ A screwball musical from London rolls onto Broadway
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