★★★★★ The last chapter in a young girl’s abbreviated life proves heartwarmingly hilarious
Broadway
Almost Famous: Cameron Crowe Almost Tunes Up His 2000 Hit Flick
★★★☆☆ Tom Kitt does the music and some lyrics, while Jeremy Herrin directs a cast of hot rock belters
ALMOST FAMOUS: ALMOST FABULOUS, BUT FLAWED
★★★☆☆ Newcomer Casey Likes shines as a 15-year-old rock-journo wannabe, growing up fast in 1973.
Walking With Ghosts: Gabriel Byrne’s Book Makes a Hazy Memory Play
★★★☆☆ The actor’s recent page-turner loses some of its power in its journey to the stage
Walking with Ghosts: Gabriel Byrne Goes Down a Dark Memory Lane
★★★☆☆ The Irish actor delivers an autobiographical solo show based on his acclaimed memoir.
Topdog/Underdog: Keep your eye on the winner — but which?
★★★★★ It’s a story as old as Cain and Abel, but Suzan-Lori Parks made it contemporary and compelling — a neo-classic.
Topdog/Underdog: Watch It Close, Watch It Close Now
★★★★☆ Suzan-Lori Parks’ tight two-hander gets an intense Kenny Leon–directed Broadway revival
The Piano Lesson: A Star-Studded Revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Drama
★★★★☆ Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks, and John David Washington star in this uneven production directed by LaTanya Richardson.
The Piano Lesson: A Starry, but Off-Key, Rendition
★★★☆☆ August Wilson’s drama—the 1930s entry in his decade-by-decade chronicle of the 20th-century Black American experience—gets its first Broadway revival
Death of a Salesman: Arthur Miller’s Classic Drama, Needlessly Embellished.
★★★☆☆ Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke deliver superb lead performances in this overly gimmicky production.