★★★★★ Playwright Joshua Harmon explores and explodes his roots, with Andrew Barth Feldman and Joanna Gleason
Deep Blue Sound: A Quiet, Gentle, Whale of a Play
★★★★☆ Maryann Plunkett and an excellent cast spark a return engagement of Abe Koogler’s play
Grangeville: Art, Anguish, and Wonder from Samuel D. Hunter
★★★★★ An exceptional play with fine work from director Jack Serio and actors Brian J. Smith and Paul Sparks
Pecking Order: Fowl Play Is Foul Play
★☆☆☆☆ Hawkish comedy is strictly for the birds
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