Michael Sommers

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

★★★☆☆ Jackie Sibblies Drury unleashes a daring play about race, identity and expectations that gets awkward

★☆☆☆☆ A British performer digs up Suzy Solidor, a bisexual, cross-dressing French cabaret legend who deserves better

★★★☆☆ An old-fashioned, cowboy-country musical-comedy farce is neatly cultivated from Measure for Measure‘s plot

★★★☆☆ The maker of “The Vagina Monologues” goes experimental with body and soul issues

★★★☆☆ Anthony Giardina’s ambitious new play studies money, privilege, and higher education

★★★★☆ Clare Barron’s unusual new play wildly reflects the mindsets of young teen girls

★★★☆☆ Writer Caryl Churchill and director Rachel Chavkin deliver a time-melding history lesson at New York Theatre Workshop

★★★★☆ Passionate performances by Marin Ireland and Nathan Darrow ignite Tennessee Williams’ rarely-staged romantic drama