★★★☆☆ Debra Messing ages 90 years—playing a daughter, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother—in a 90-minute play
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Birthday Candles: Casts a Dim Theatrical Flame
★★★☆☆ Debra Messing stars in Noah Haidle’s dramedy spanning 90 years in the central character’s life.
Take Me Out: Two Decades Later, and Still Swinging
★★★★☆ Richard Greenberg’s gay-ballplayer comic tragedy fares well in revival, despite mixed performances
Take Me Out: A Solid Three-Bagger
★★★★☆ An entertaining revival of Richard Greenberg’s award winner about baseball and identity sacrifices some edge
Paradise Square: Allies and Rivals, in Song and Dance
★★★★☆ Choreographer Bill T. Jones and a vibrant cast led by Joaquina Kalukango make a Civil War musical fly
Plaza Suite: Feels Like (Very) Old Times
★★★☆☆ Sarah Jessica Parker shines, at least, in this dated, disappointing Neil Simon revival
Plaza Suite: Not Worth Asking for a Late Check-Out
★★★☆☆ Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker star in this lavishly staged revival of Neil Simon’s now-dated trio of one-acts.
Isaac Mizrahi: Back at Café Carlyle
The fashion entrepreneur charms in his guise as saloon singer
English: Lost in Translation
★★★☆☆ Sanaz Toosi’s play concerns a group of adult Iranian students attempting to learn English.
The Music Man: The Wells Fargo Wagon Delivers the Con Artist We Need
★★★★★ Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster headline a blockbuster Music Man revival that puts the grin in grift