The director of the recent “Merrily We Roll Along” is back in town, singing Sondheim at Café Carlyle
Blood of the Lamb: No Exit in Texas, Ripped from the Headlines
★★★★☆ Meredith Garretson and Kelly McAndrew battle it out in Arlene Hutton’s powerful new play
Once Upon a Mattress: Sutton Foster-of-the-Swamps Reigns Triumphant
★★★★☆ Another Encores! musical comedy winner takes up residence on Broadway
Appraisal: Jousting Over the Office Desk, with Laughs
★★★★☆ Tim Marriott’s deft one-act is well played by the author and Alex Sunderhaus
Titanic: Smooth Sailing as the Band Plays On
★★★★☆ Maury Yeston’s remarkable score is given a ravishing hearing at Encores
Laura Benanti, Nobody Cares: Let Me Entertain You, and How!
★★★★☆ The beloved Tony-winner celebrates adulthood, motherhood, and stepping out of the ingenue shell
Mother Play: Evicting Not-So-Dear Old Mom, with Martinis
★★★★☆ Celia Keenan-Bolger, Jessica Lange, and Jim Parsons star as Paula Vogel’s struggling family
Suffs: Shaina Taub Wins By a Landslide
★★★★★ Nikki M. James, Grace McLean, Jenn Colella, Emily Skinner, and an exceptional cast spark this new musical about the battle for equal voting rights in America, circa 1915
The Notebook: Just Another Love Story, with Kleenex
★★★☆☆ Six actors play the two leading characters in this atmospheric musical based on the popular Nicholas Sparks novel
Ibsen’s Ghost: A Widow’s Revenge, or Beating Around the Busch
★★☆☆☆ A promising comedic idea leaves this viewer disenchantedly unengaged