★★★★☆ Beckett meets Black Lives Matter in Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s racially charged absurdist drama.
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Girl From the North Country: Depression Musical Elates
★★★★★ Bob Dylan songs enhance grand Conor McPherson musical
Girl From the North Country: Bob Dylan, American Poet
★★★★☆ Irish playwright Conor McPherson constructs a moving, mythical American story inside the singer-songwriter’s world
Madison Square Mockingbird: Atticus & Company on the Big, Big Stage
Public school students—18,000 of them—spend an afternoon at the hit Broadway production based on Harper Lee’s novel
The Headlands: An Unsuspenseful Mystery, Amid Bay Area Hikes
★★★☆☆ Unpacking complicated family history, but with unengaging characters and performances
West Side Story: Damp, Desolate, and Usually Distracting
★★★☆☆ The 1957 Bernstein-Laurents-Robbins-Sondheim masterpiece gets a harsh modern makeover
West Side Story: A New Time For Us
★★★★☆ Ivo van Hove shoots sparks into space with a fresh take on a musical masterwork
Jerry Herman, A Memorial Celebration: A Grand Afternoon for Singing
A flavorfully joyful, star-packed salute to the composer of Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and myriad favorite showtunes
Beyond Babel: “Romeo and Juliet” is “West Side Story”-ized, Very Well
★★★★☆ Keone and Mari Madrid lead highly-energized 12-member dance troupe with inspiration
Grand Horizons: The Kids Aren’t Alright
★★★★☆ Bess Wohl gets big laughs from a long-married couple, their potential divorce, and their flabbergasted adult children