★★★★☆ Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond play Sonny’s erstwhile partner with the absolutely right style
Broadway
The Prom: Bringing Red and Blue Together with Song and Dance
★★★☆☆ Broadway actors invade a Midwestern town to help a teenage lesbian, and themselves, in a new musical comedy helmed by Casey Nicholaw
The Prom: Plenty of Showbiz Gagging Over Some Serious Issues
★★☆☆☆ Several Sardi’s caricatures confront serious issues in a slick but kinda crass new musical
The New One: And Papa Makes Three, With Nonstop Laughter
★★★★☆ Stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia is pulled into fatherhood, with hilarious and heartwarming results
The New One: Public Radio Onstage, Exactly as Exciting as It Sounds
★★☆☆☆ The actor, comedian, and This American Life contributor Mike Birbiglia tells a wry story, for some reason onstage
King Kong: B’way Agape Over Ape
★★☆☆☆ This misguided musical colossus, in New York after repeated rewrites, proves underwhelming
King Kong: The Beast Is Us, with Special Effects
★★☆☆☆ A new, extravagant musical adaptation offers a feminist but emotionally exploitative take on the classic tale
American Son: Ripped From the Headlines
★★★☆☆ Kerry Washington and Steven Pasquale star in this all-too-timely drama from lawyer/playwright Christopher Demos-Brown
American Son: Modern Injustice, Wrought As Melodrama
★★☆☆☆ Topical and vital concerns get mired in banality in the new play marking Kerry Washington’s return to Broadway
Torch Song: Harvey Fierstein’s View of Gay Life Not Always Gay
★★★★☆ Urie, Ruehl repeat their masterful performances in the strong Second Stage revival