★★★★☆ Ian Shaw’s play about his movie star dad fishes for laughs—hook, line, and sinker—on the set of ‘Jaws’
Back to the Future: Back to Musical Comedy, With Plutonium-Packed Thrills
★★★★☆ Veteran star Roger Bart, new star Casey Likes, and a fabulous flying machine fulfill the promise of this Hollywood fan favorite transformed for the musical stage
Here Lies Love: Innovatively Immersive Musical Retains Disco Sheen, Mostly
★★★★☆ The visceral impact of the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim-Alex Timbers musical is slightly dissipated as it strives to fill an oversized Broadway house
Prejudice and Pride: Down-Home Tennessee Tuner Is Just What You’d Expect
★★☆☆☆ Poor Jane Austen gets pillaged once more, but she’ll survive
New York, New York: Little Town Blues Lost in Big City
★★☆☆☆ High-grade dancing and talented cast weighed down by the plotting of this Kander-Miranda-Stroman melting pot musical
Peter Pan Goes Wrong: Heap o’ Corny, Cheesy Mayhem Goes Right
★★★★☆ The Play That Goes Wrong mischief makers bring their latest to the Barrymore, eliciting guffaws and boos, with pirates, too!
Camelot: Revival Offers One, and Only One, Brief Shining Moment
★★☆☆☆ The Lerner & Loewe musical is unable to live up to its reputation in this Sher & Sorkin revision
According to the Chorus: Advice from Backstage, with a Few Too Many Strands
★★★☆☆ Karen Ziemba cracks wise in Arlene Hutton’s backstage comedy
Parade: Ben Platt Turns Provocative Musical into Surefire Hit
★★★★★ Micaela Diamond shares the accolades in the Jason Robert Brown-Alfred Uhry musical, directed by Michael Arden
A Doll’s House: Jessica Chastain Slams the Door, Without Scenery
★★★★☆ Director Jamie Lloyd brings his stark production of Amy Herzog’s modernistic adaptation to the Hudson