Michael Sommers

★★★☆☆ A thoughtful new drama is drawn from little known social practices of circa 1813 New Orleans

★☆☆☆☆ Glitter ball melodramatics are rolled up into an unworkable musical

★★★★☆ An expert, energetic company makes the musical most of several dozen old-school rock ‘n’ roll tunes

★★☆☆☆ A so-what comedy about a would-be saint is buoyed up by some enjoyable performances

★★★★☆ A whimsical little musical about wayward items is expertly rediscovered as a concert

★★★★☆ Forget Rodgers, Kern and Romberg—let’s hear it for the team of Bizet and Hammerstein!

★★★☆☆ A harrowing dark comedy regards a Belfast man driven mad by a lifetime spent amid violent social conflict

★★★☆☆ Mint Theater Company discovers a worthy 1925 drama from England about the haves and have-nots

★★★☆☆ Shakespeare’s Richard III gets reshaped mostly for laughs