★★★★★ Henry VIII’s wives get the royal treatment in this 80-minute musical celebration of girl power
Broadway
Pass Over: Waiting for the Po-Po, Hoping for the Promised Land
★★★★☆ The first new Broadway production in 17 months is an extraordinary Black-lives-matter take on Godot and the Exodus
Pass Over: A Play That Speaks to Our Times
★★★★☆ Beckett meets Black Lives Matter in Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s racially charged absurdist drama.
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