★★★★★ John Turturro and Paul Giamatti topline a stunning cast in Diane Paulus’s revival, hilarious and horrifying by turns
Beyond
Casey Likes: Back to the Past, as a Young’un Remembers It
The rising Broadway star traces his young life and career through music, with nods to classic rock, Alan Menken, and the Jonas Brothers
From Boston: Paranormal Activity, Stageworthy and Scareworthy
★★★☆☆ In a stage version of an indie horror hit, not the play but the tech’s the thing
From Maine: Hello, Dolly! Wow Wow Wow, Fellas
★★★★☆ The venerable Ogunquit Playhouse assembles a trio of Tony winners and a smashing ensemble to breathe new life into a classic
From Massachusetts: The Zionists, A Family Storm (And The World’s)
★★★☆☆ Amidst a hurricane, a Jewish family hashes out Israel and Palestine, solving little but revealing plenty
From Cambridge, MA: Black Swan, Tu-Tu Thrilling
★★★★☆ Classy musicalization of a psychosexual cinethriller uses human and technical legerdemain to spellbind
John Pizzarelli: Salute to Duke Ellington at the Carlyle
A stellar symphony in jazz, at Café Carlyle
From Boston, When Playwrights Kill: A Not Quite Dizzy-Enough Backstage Farce
★★★☆☆ A Broadway-hopeful laugh-fest is long on its players’ comedy chops, if a little light on grace
From Massachusetts: Wonder The Musical, Not So Wonderful
★★☆☆☆ Musicalization of a popular young adult novel about people’s cruelty toward human difference is too-thinly told and too-broadly played
Porgy and Bess: Masterful Masterwork at Met
★★★★☆ The George Gershwin-DuBose Heyward-Ira Gershwin folk musical in fine, full form