★★★★☆ Stephen Sondheim said “there’s not a moment” in this quintessential American musical “that isn’t entertaining.” We have to agree.
Broadway
Gypsy: Everything’s Coming Up Audra
★★★★☆ New production of fabled masterwork lights the lights and hits the heights
Eureka Day: Woke’s the Word in Jonathan Spector’s Timely Comedy
★★★★★ Bill Irwin, Jessica Hecht and company bring great distinction to the Broadway season
Eureka Day: To Vax or Not to Vax
★★★☆☆ Bill Irwin and Jessica Hecht head the ensemble in Jonathan Spector’s comedy about the board of directors of a private elementary school embroiled in a conflict about vaccination.
Cult of Love: Leslye Headland Takes On, and Takes Down, Family and Religion
★★★★☆ Nothing says Christmas like squabbling siblings, screaming matches, and folk songs with four-part harmonies.
Cult of Love: They’ll Be Home for Christmas, If Not So Dreamily
★★★☆☆ Zachary Quinto heads the ensemble for Leslye Headland’s new play
Death Becomes Her: The Rare Screen-to-Stage Musical That Improves on the Original
★★★★☆ Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard play the dueling divas in this musical adaptation of the hit 1992 comedy-fantasy film.
Death Becomes Her: 1992 Streep-Hawn Film Musicalized, Unbecomingly
★★☆☆☆ Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are the contentious bffs, with Christopher Gattelli directing-choreographing
Swept Away: A Haunting Musical Tale of Survival
★★★★☆ John Gallagher Jr. and Stark Sands are among the stars of this musical featuring songs from The Avett Brothers catalogue.
Swept Away: Adrift on a Dark, Dark Sea
★★★☆☆ Talent, taste, and Avett Brothers sea-chanties serve a grim morality tale that doesn’t quite stay afloat