★★★☆☆ Little Lord’s latest work playfully digs at the roots of indoctrination
Be More Chill: Desperately (and Delightfully) Striving to Be Cool
★★★★☆ A new cartoon musical delivers a story as timeless as “Faust” and twice as funny
“Daddy”: More Splash Than Significance in Substance
★★☆☆☆ Alan Cumming plays a sugar daddy in a play that nearly drowns in talk
Dying in Boulder: Karma, Conflict, and Cultural Appropriation
★★☆☆☆ A new play set in Colorado turns into a Rocky Mountain downer
Superhero: A Capably Crafted New Musical That Resolutely Refuses to Fly
★★☆☆☆ Holy guacamole, Batman, how can these ace guys deliver such a dull show?
Marys Seacole: Studying Maternal Cares Then and Now
★★★☆☆ Jackie Sibblies Drury centers her latest ambitious drama around caregivers of color
Hurricane Diane: A Seductive Deity Materializes in Suburban New Jersey
★★★☆☆ Madeleine George delivers a divine (in more ways than one) comedy about climate change
The Price of Thomas Scott: A Forgotten Dramatist Depicts a Tempting Offer
★★★☆☆ The Mint unearths the first of several works by a neglected British playwright
Bonnie’s Last Flight: A Misguided Journey to Nowhere
★☆☆☆☆ A cool concept for a comedy about a plane trip proves to be a tedious time
The Shadow of a Gunman: Sean O’Casey’s Seriocomic Saga of Dublin at War
★★★★☆ The Irish Rep launches its three-show cycle of the playwright’s works with a winning revival