★★★★☆ Fascinating look behind the curtain of Tennessee Williams masterpiece when Brando almost didn’t get the role.
English: Pulitzer-Winning Play Translates Well on Broadway
★★★★☆ Playwright Sanaz Toossi schools us on what it means to be a stranger in a strange language
Grandiloquent: Comedian Gary Gulman gets up close and personal
★★★★☆ Gulman plies his unique comedic talents to describe how he survived a painful childhood
Merchant of Venice: A Comedy of Too Many Errors
★★☆☆☆ T.R. Knight stars in the Arlekin Players Theatre’s adaptation of the Shakespeare classic played as a cable TV access program.
Burnout Paradise: Joy In Watching Others Sweat
★★★★☆ Four masochistic actors from Australia knock themselves out so we don’t have to.
A Wonderful World: You’re Lookin’ Swell, Satchmo
★★★★☆ Bio-musical about the late great jazzman hits the right notes
Bad Kreyòl: Good Writing About a Culture Clash in Haiti
★★★★☆ Dominique Morisseau tells us it’s easy to get lost in translation when speaking the language of Haiti with an American accent.
McNeal: Robert Downey Jr. Stars in Riveting New Play
★★★★★ From Marvel to “method,” the movie star is the real deal in his Broadway debut as a writer hooked on AI
Ghost of John McCain: Spirited Journey Inside Trump’s Head
★★★☆☆ The musical satire about the late senator will have liberals dying of laughter; others, maybe not so much
Table 17: A hearty dish of love, loss and laughter
★★★★☆ Make your reservations now for Douglas Lyons’ sweet and savory romcom starring Tony-winner Kara Young