★★★☆☆ Jonathan Cake has a sneer for every occasion as Shakespeare’s most prideful Roman of them all
Manilow Broadway: He Writes the Songs That Makes the Audience Sing Right Along With Him
★★★★☆ The ever-exuberant entertainer delivers a dandy Broadway concert
Summer Shorts Series B: Neil LaBute Delivers a Typically Toxic Comedy
★★★☆☆ A smart topical comedy outshines lesser works in an annual off-Broadway festival
Rinse, Repeat: Regarding a Family’s Cycle of Eating Disorders
★★★☆☆ A new play about dangerous eating habits scarcely satisfies as a family drama
The Black Clown: Black Existence in a White World
★★★★★ An obscure Langston Hughes poem is brilliantly transfigured into epic musical theater
Little Gem: Mothers and Daughters Tell Their Stories at Irish Rep
★★★★☆ Marsha Mason anchors an intimate Irish drama that lives up to its title
Broadway Bounty Hunter: Exploiting a Darling Character in Pursuit of Laughs
★★★★☆ A beloved showbiz veteran was born to be adorable in a goofy musical gloss on exploitation flicks
Mojada: Medea Remade as a Sorrowful Stranger in a Strange Land
★★☆☆☆ A modern variation on the Medea legend sadly depicts the enchantress as an undocumented immigrant
The Rolling Stone: Fear and Loathing in Uganda
★★★★☆ A worthy drama imported from England tersely relates hateful happenings in Uganda
The Bacchae: Women Go Powerfully Wild in a Refreshed Classic
★★★★☆ Classical Theatre of Harlem offers an exuberant staging of an ancient Greek drama