★★★☆☆ Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy, Lilli Cooper and Alex Moffat are among the stars of Sandy Rustin’s Noel Coward-inspired sex farce.
Broadway
Here Lies Love: It’s a Vibe
★★★★☆ An all-Filipino cast and a group of powerhouse Filipino producers bring the nightclub-set, karaoke-style musical to Broadway
Here Lies Love: Innovatively Immersive Musical Retains Disco Sheen, Mostly
★★★★☆ The visceral impact of the David Byrne-Fatboy Slim-Alex Timbers musical is slightly dissipated as it strives to fill an oversized Broadway house
Just for Us: A Comedy Show for Everybody
★★★★☆ Comedian Alex Edelman delivers a hilarious monologue about his attending a meeting of white supremacists.
Once Upon a One More Time: What, You’re Tired of Fairy Tale Musicals?
★★★☆☆ The songs of pop star Britney Spears fuel this latest campy musical exercise in fairy tale revisionism.
Once Upon a One More Time: Betty Friedan Would Plotz
★★★☆☆ Sometimes a supposed tribute is an ill-camouflaged insult. Britney Spears gets lionized in this femmage; Betty Friedan, not so much.
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.