★★★★★ Matthew Lopez’s two-part play, with Stephen Daldry at the helm, is not to be missed
Broadway
The Inheritance: Gay Times in America, Then and Now
★★★★☆ Some fine acting and a sterling staging lend credence to a classy gay soap opera by Matthew Lopez
Slava’s Snowshow: Clowns Gaily on the Loose in a Winter Wonderland
★★★☆☆ Slava Polunin and a clown troupe immerse kids and parents in a colorful holiday snowfall
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular: A Perennial That Lives Up to Its Name
★★★★☆ The Rockettes dance through the 87th annual edition of a New York City classic
Kristin Chenoweth For the Girls: It’s Good to See Her, Isn’t It?
★★★★☆ The ever-popular Kristin Chenoweth returns to Broadway with a too-brief concert run
Tina: Better Than All the Rest (of the Jukebox Musicals)
★★★★☆ A triumphant Adrienne Warren powers the best biomusical in years
Tina: Trying, Too Hard, to Catch Fire
★★☆☆☆ Broadway’s latest jukebox tribute honors the queen of rock and soul
American Utopia: David Byrne Headlines an Extremely Stylish Concert
★★★★☆ A charismatic star and an expert troupe deliver a classy event
The Sound Inside: Mary Louise Parker Spins an Intriguing Literary Yarn
★★★★★ Adam Rapp makes his Broadway debut with a riveting discourse between two novelists
The Sound Inside: Adam Rapp’s Potent Nod to Great Literature
★★★★☆ Mary-Louise Parker is strong as a creative-writing teacher with a talented, troubled student