★★★★★ Atticus, Scout, Jem and the rest exquisitely reimagined by Aaron Sorkin and Bartlett Sher
Broadway
To Kill A Mockingbird: A Timeless Favorite, Revered and Reborn
★★★★★ Aaron Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher reintroduce Harper Lee’s beloved work as a play for our times, or any other
Ruben & Clay’s Christmas Show: American Idols Reunite for the Holidays
★★☆☆☆ Former rivals Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken get together to vocalize holiday songs
Network: Maddening As Hell
★★☆☆☆ To quote Paddy Chayefsky’s Oscar-winning screenplay, this Network messes with the primal forces of nature
Network: Ivo van Hove Brings the 1976 Oscar-Winning Film Glaringly to the Stage
★★★☆☆ Bryan Cranston plays Paddy Chayevsky’s addled newscaster Howard Beale amid all sorts of distracting goings-on
The Cher Show: Truly Turning Back Time With a Singular Superstar
★★★★☆ It takes three performers to portray the one-and-only Cher in a wildly entertaining jukebox show
The Cher Show: Just as Sassy, Bold and Determined as the Star Herself
★★★★☆ Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond play Sonny’s erstwhile partner with the absolutely right style
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