A link to the final columns of the esteemed critic and our beloved colleague
Bernardo
& Juliet: Candy-Colored Glitter-Bomb Musical Romp
★★★★☆ The hit London musical arrives on Broadway with cannons of confetti and a catalog full of chart-toppers
The Old Man & the Pool: Mike Birbiglia Dives Into Middle Age
★★★★☆ The popular comic brings his own brand of gregarious, low-level neuroticism back to Broadway
Walking With Ghosts: Gabriel Byrne’s Book Makes a Hazy Memory Play
★★★☆☆ The actor’s recent page-turner loses some of its power in its journey to the stage
Topdog/Underdog: Watch It Close, Watch It Close Now
★★★★☆ Suzan-Lori Parks’ tight two-hander gets an intense Kenny Leon–directed Broadway revival
The Piano Lesson: A Starry, but Off-Key, Rendition
★★★☆☆ August Wilson’s drama—the 1930s entry in his decade-by-decade chronicle of the 20th-century Black American experience—gets its first Broadway revival
Guys and Dolls: Frank Loesser’s Musical Fable Is No Gamble
★★★★★ It’s a probable 12 to 7 that you’ll leave this Kennedy Center production on a musical-theater high
I’m Revolting: Not-So-Strong Medicine
★★★☆☆ Gracie Gardner’s play about skin cancer patients in a surgical waiting room is engaging if unbelievable
Cost of Living: Worth the Steep Emotional Investment
★★★★☆ Martyna Majok’s award-winning drama explores disability, class, privilege, and loss in a tidy 110 minutes
Burn: Alan Cumming Goes Into His Dance
★★★☆☆ The Tony-winning actor intrigues as Scottish poet Robert Burns in a solo dance show