★★★★★ 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
The Cake: Marriage, Bigotry, and Pink Lemonade Buttercream
★★★☆☆ Debra Jo Rupp scores as a bigoted baker in Bekah Brunstetter’s new play at Manhattan Theatre Club
The Play That Goes Wrong: Murderous Merriment Moves to Hell(’s Kitchen)
★★★★☆ The long-running British comedy hit retains its lode of laughs as it transfers off-Broadway