★★★★☆ Santino Fontana shines in this new David Yazbek musical, well adapted from the 1982 film
Burn This: 1987 Dramatic Firecracker No Longer Pops
★★★☆☆ Lanford Wilson’s play, in a revival powered by Adam Driver and Keri Russell, is fitfully entertaining but not compelling
The Ferryman: Brilliant Play Still Blazingly Exciting with Replacements
★★★★★ Jez Butterworth’s play, now with Brian d’Arcy James and an accomplished American cast, is still not-to-be-missed
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy: Marilyn Dies Again, in Sparkling New Shed
★☆☆☆☆ Ben Whishaw and Renée Fleming star in incomprehensible new whatnot at exciting new venue
The Cradle Will Rock: Legendary Agitprop Musical Gets the John Doyle Treatment
★★★★☆ Marc Blitzstein’s 80-year-old rabble-rousing musical retains its bite
What the Constitution Means to Me: Heidi Schreck Explains It All for You
★★★★☆ What is devised as a re-creation of a small-town debate turns out to be invigorating entertainment
The Lehman Trilogy: Theatrical Magnificence from Sam Mendes, at the Armory
★★★★★ This compelling chronicle of the rise and fall of the American finance family is not to be missed
Smart Blonde: The Life and Times of a Beloved Broadway Funny Lady
★★★☆☆ Andréa Burns shines as the not-born-yesterday Judy Holliday
I Married an Angel: A Rodgers and Hart Encore at Encores!
★★★☆☆ The highly praised fantasy musical from 1938 looks earthbound 80 years later
The Mother: Family Affairs Française, Outside Buffalo
★★☆☆☆ Florian Zeller follows up his sterling The Father with a less-intriguing The Mother