★★★★☆ This sweet but never saccharine robot romcom is the musical boost we all need
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Maybe Happy Ending: Beguiling Musical Charmer from Korea
★★★★☆ Darren Criss and Helen J Shen star in a bittersweet new musical about bots in love
A Wonderful World: You’re Lookin’ Swell, Satchmo
★★★★☆ Bio-musical about the late great jazzman hits the right notes
A Wonderful World: Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful Noteworthy World
★★★★☆ James Monroe Iglehart stars in a tribute to one of the true 20th-century jazz greats
Walden: Zoë Winters and Emmy Rossum Navigate American Dystopia
★★★★☆ Amy Berryman’s post-apocalyptic drama centers on twin sisters and their space-travel dreams
Romeo + Juliet: Shakespeare for the TikTok Generation
★★★☆☆ Sam Gold gives the tragedy a Gen Z makeover, complete with a pop music, plushies, and two popular young stars
Romeo + Juliet: Star-Cross’d Lovers in Star-Cross’d “For Our Time” Production
★★☆☆☆ Kit Connor’s Romeo is notable in Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy, under director Sam Gold’s faulty hand
Left On Tenth: Delia Ephron’s Memoir Gets Lost in Translation
★★★☆☆ Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher headline this true story of second chances
Left on Tenth: Romantic Comedy Takes a Wrong Turn
★★★☆☆ Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher star in Delia Ephron’s new play about a late-in-life romance.
Sunset Blvd.: Take a Walk on the Stylized Side
★★★☆☆ Director Jamie Lloyd puts his typically idiosyncratic stamp on this radically stylized revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1993 musical.