★★★★☆ What is devised as a re-creation of a small-town debate turns out to be invigorating entertainment
Broadway
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, with Hits and Misses
★★★☆☆ Broadway’s latest jukebox musical mixes timeless music, exuberantly performed, with time-worn platitudes
Ain’t Too Proud: A Ball of Confusion
★★☆☆☆ The music of Detroit’s legendary Temptations gets the generic Broadway jukebox treatment
Kiss Me, Kate: It’s All Right With Me
★★★★☆ Even 71 years after its Broadway premiere, the backstage musical hasn’t lost its charm
Kiss Me, Kate: True to Cole Porter (and Shakespeare) in Their Fashion
★★★★☆ Cole Porter and Kelli O’Hara make beautiful music together in a snappy revival
Be More Chill: A Sci-Fi Musical for Generation Z
★★★★☆ Joe Iconis’ internet sensation, a musical for the iGeneration, finally makes its way to Broadway
Be More Chill: Desperately (and Delightfully) Striving to Be Cool
★★★★☆ A new cartoon musical delivers a story as timeless as “Faust” and twice as funny
My Fair Lady: Benanti and Burstein Enhance the Enchantment of Lerner and Loewe Classic
★★★★★ Stellar cast replacements make this excellent production even better
My Fair Lady: A Loverly, and Fierce, New Eliza
★★★★★ Laura Benanti and other new recruits bring fresh joy and fire to Bartlett Sher’s ravishing revival
True West: Shepard’s Raging Brothers Return
★★★★☆ Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano make their own mark in the first Broadway revival of this modern classic