★★☆☆☆ The Jimmy Buffett musical, a paean to chilling out, has good songs, a talented cast, and takes itself way too seriously.
Broadway
Escape to Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett Makes a Salted Musical
★★★★☆ Director Christopher Ashley lets bookwriters Greg Garcia and Mike O’Malley loose on Parrot Head faves.
Hello, Dolly!: Bernadette Is the Pluperfect Kewpie Dolly
★★★★★ Musical comedy doll Bernadette Peters takes command of Dolly, leaving us prostrate with laughter.
Hello, Dolly!: Bernadette Peters Is A Divine Mrs. Levi
★★★★★ A natural stage animal, Peters makes Dolly her own, emphasizing the widowed matchmaker’s fragility and loneliness.