★☆☆☆☆ Hawkish comedy is strictly for the birds
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Dear Jack, Dear Louise: WWII Love Letters, with Wit and Charm
★★★★☆ Playwright Ken Ludwig finds literary delight in the family attic
Gypsy: Everything’s Coming Up Audra
★★★★☆ New production of fabled masterwork lights the lights and hits the heights
The Dead, 1904: James Joyce and The Living, 2024
★★★★☆ A Dubliner’s midwinter’s night dream, on upper Fifth Avenue
Elf: Irrepressible Holiday Hijinks, for Adults and Kids Too
★★★★☆ Affably goofy Grey Henson shines in revival of endearing screen-to-stage musical
The Light and the Dark: Scandal in Chiaroscuro, For Today
★★★★☆ Playwright Kate Hamill offers a vibrant picture of the turbulent life and times of painter Aremisia Gentileschi
Tammy Faye: Praise the Lord and Pump Up the Video
★★☆☆☆ Evangelical sex scandal with sequins fizzles, from Elton John and friends
Strike Up the Band: Gershwin Goes to Carnegie Hall
The not-quite-classic musical in a not-quite-effective concert version, despite fine musical elements led by Ted Sperling, with Bryce Pinkham, Christopher Fitzgerald, John Ellison Conlee, and Victoria Clark
Our Town: Thornton Wilder’s Classic in Functional (but Less Than Gripping) Revival
★★★☆☆ Jim Parsons, Richard Thomas, Zoey Deutch and more in director Kenny Leon’s new production
The Counter: High-Octane Drama, Powered by Chock Full o’Nuts
★★★★☆ Anthony Edwards and Susannah Flood in Meghan Kennedy’s forceful new play, directed by David Cromer