★★★☆☆ The Mad Ones offers an awfully ultra-real look at a focus group
The Cradle Will Rock: A Proletarian Musical Looks Kind of Labored
★★☆☆☆ Director John Doyle scarcely does justice by Marc Blitzstein’s legendary 1937 musical
Do You Feel Anger?: A Mildly Absurd Look at Misogyny on the Job
★★★☆☆ A comedy about un-woke office jerks and the women who put up with them
The White Devil: Stylishly Wicked Fun for Everyone
★★★★☆ Red Bull Theater restores a circa 1612 thriller to lusty life in modern dress
Ain’t No Mo’: A Sharply Satirical Study in Black Manners and Matters
★★★★☆ The Public Theater unleashes a wildly serio-comical show about race
The Nature of Forgetting: A Memorable Show for Kids of All Ages
★★★★☆ London’s Theatre Re presents an uncommonly poignant and tender study in dementia
I Married an Angel: Not Quite as Heavenly as Hoped
★★★☆☆ A legendary Rodgers & Hart musical demands a higher ’30s style to get airborne
Anything That Gives Off Light: A Hazy Study in Oppressive Economics
★★☆☆☆ A metaphysical study in social significance suffers from a sea-change
Nantucket Sleigh Ride: A Wild Trip To John Guare’s Magic (Realism) Kingdom
★★★☆☆ Jorge Luis Borges, Walt Disney, and a very large lobster pop up on a pointless journey
Kiss Me, Kate: True to Cole Porter (and Shakespeare) in Their Fashion
★★★★☆ Cole Porter and Kelli O’Hara make beautiful music together in a snappy revival