★★★★★ Michael Bennett’s masterwork is back, and as powerful as ever
Audra McDonald: In Performance and Conversation at Town Hall
★★★★☆ The six-time Tony winner is her usual exceptional self in a one-night-only visit to Town Hall
The New One: And Papa Makes Three, With Nonstop Laughter
★★★★☆ Stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia is pulled into fatherhood, with hilarious and heartwarming results
King Kong: B’way Agape Over Ape
★★☆☆☆ This misguided musical colossus, in New York after repeated rewrites, proves underwhelming
Days of Rage: Dropouts, Protests, and the SDS
★★☆☆☆ Steven Levenson, the Dear Evan Hansen librettist, returns with a sixties problem play
Lewiston/Clarkston: Westward Ho! 200 Years Later
★★★★☆ Two separate but thematically related plays by Samuel D. Hunter make for a uniquely special dramatic event
School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play: Jubilantly Funny High School Days
★★★★☆ Jocelyn Bioh’s uproarious comedy returns to MCC
The Ferryman: A Modern Masterwork from Jez Butterworth
★★★★★ This sprawling family story set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles is a contemporary classic
Ordinary Days: Keen Company Revives Adam Gwon’s Promising Musical
★★★☆☆ This perfectly pleasant chamber musical includes one breathtakingly emotional song
Apologia: No Apologies Necessary for Stockard Channing
★★★☆☆ The accomplished leading lady exuberantly carries a not-quite-satisfying play