★★★☆☆ The 1969 Revolutionary War musical is enhanced by the players but bloated by ineffective tinkering
Broadway
Cost of Living: Worth the Steep Emotional Investment
★★★★☆ Martyna Majok’s award-winning drama explores disability, class, privilege, and loss in a tidy 110 minutes
Cost of Living: Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama makes its Broadway debut.
★★★★☆ Gregg Mozgala and Katy Sullivan superbly repeat their roles from the 2017 Off-Broadway production, while newcomers Kara Young and David Zayas prove equally affecting.
Leopoldstadt: Stoppard Examines His Roots, in Extraordinary Fashion
★★★★★ The philosophically loquacious playwright switches gears with a gripping personal chronicle
Leopoldstadt: Tom Stoppard at His Absolute, Autobiographical(?) Best
★★★★★ The acclaimed playwright examines four generations of Viennese Jews, Patrick Marber directing a large cast
The Kite Runner: Khaled Hosseini’s Literary Sensation Beguiles Broadway
★★★★☆ The stage version of the 2003 novel proves to be the theatrical equivalent of a page turner
The Kite Runner: The Best-Selling Novel Soars Sky-High on Stage
★★★★☆ Matthew Spangler adapts the Khaled Hosseini work, with Giles Croft directing a taut 13-member cast
Into the Woods: The Beloved Sondheim-Lapine Musical in Full Bloom
★★★★☆ Lear deBessonet directs, Lorin Latarro choreographs the fairytale show, with hugely skilled ensemble
Girl From the North Country: Bob Dylan Musical Remains Superb
★★★★★ Conor McPherson writes, directs a first-rate production about the Depression with large, strong ensemble
Macbeth: Have You Heard the One About the Scottish Play?
★★☆☆☆ Sam Gold’s star-studded production of Shakespeare’s witchiest play is beset by toil and trouble