★★★☆☆ Sometimes a supposed tribute is an ill-camouflaged insult. Britney Spears gets lionized in this femmage; Betty Friedan, not so much.
Broadway
Grey House: Bleak Doesn’t Begin to Describe it
★★★☆☆ Laurie Metcalf, Tatiana Maslany, Paul Sparks, and Sophia Ann Caruso appear in Levi Holloway’s thriller about a couple who become stranded in a remote cabin populated by a strange family.
Grey House: Goose-Bumpy Thrills, Chills Galore Plus Some Gore
★★★☆☆ Joe Mantello directs Levi Holloway’s probe into man’s inhumanity to human kind and maybe vice versa
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
New York, New York: The New Musical Can’t Quite Make It Here
★★☆☆☆ Despite its A-list creative team, the splashy stage version of the 1977 film disappointingly falls flat.
Summer, 1976: An Odd Couple of Midwestern Moms
★★★★☆ Not every woman wants – or needs – a makeover, but plenty of women enjoy initiating them. Toxic or benevolent? You get to decide.
Summer, 1976: A Fuzzy Memory Play
★★★☆☆ Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht play two women recalling the beginning of their friendship, decades earlier, in David Auburn’s diffuse drama.
Good Night, Oscar: Sean Hayes Displays Dual Talents in Masterful Performance
★★★★★ The Will & Grace star portrays real life comedian and musical virtuoso Oscar Levant, in a role Hayes was born to play.
Good Night, Oscar: Sean Hayes Is the Famed Ivories-Tickler
★★★☆☆ Doug Wright’s caustic slice-of-life play, Lisa Peterson directing
Prima Facie: A Jodie Comer Tour de Force
★★★★☆ The “Killing Eve” star makes a triumphant Broadway debut in Suzie Miller’s one-person play about a defense barrister who becomes a crime victim.