★★★★☆ UK-originated revival demonstrates the power and scope of 2004 chamber musical
American Utopia: David Byrne and His Merry Band Lift Us Back to Our Feet
★★★★★ Byrne, choreographer Annie-B Parsons, and musicians set St. James rocking
The Lehman Trilogy: Astonishing Sam Mendes Production Finally Reaches Broadway
★★★★★ Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley, and Adrian Lester altogether triumphant as the Brothers Lehman
Six: Hold on to Your Heads, with Cheers and Huzzahs!
★★★★★ The musical juggernaut about displaced royals delivers, with flair, exuberance, and high style
What Happened? The Michaels Abroad: Despair, Dread, Dance, and Lasagna
★★★★★ Richard Nelson triumphantly completes his Rhinebeck Panorama, with Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders leading the troupe
Merry Wives: Rambunctious Romp from The Public
★★★★☆ Playwright Jocelyn Bioh and director Saheem Ali bring Falstaffian hijinks to Shakespeare in the Park
Putting It Together: Lapine and Sondheim (and Bernadette and Mandy), Via Town Hall
A candid discussion about the creation of ‘Sunday in the Park with George,’ from the creators
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike: Outlandish Comedy Is as Funny as It Gets
★★★★★ David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver, and Kristine Nielsen in Christopher Durang’s convulsively neo-Chekhovian Disneyish idyll
The Last Five Years: Jason Robert Brown’s Dissection of Marriage, in Song
★★★★☆ Dynamic two-character musical more than retains its power under the spell of Tony-winning director Jason Michael Webb
Myths and Hymns Chapter 2, Work: A Minor Portion of Guettel’s Major Song Cycle
★★★☆☆ The second installment doesn’t have quite the power of the first, nor the likely power of the forthcoming final two chapters