★★★★☆ Long-Run Lookback: McNally, Ahrens and Flaherty ransack the operetta playbook, with pleasing results
Broadway
The Nap: All Balled Up, in Sheffield
★★★★☆ One Man, Two Guvs author returns with another very funny play
The Nap: No Farce Please, We’re British
★★☆☆☆ The latest from ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ playwright Richard Bean doesn’t quite make the jump from northern England
Bernhardt/Hamlet: What a Piece of Work
★★★★☆ Janet McTeer is divine in Theresa Rebeck’s metatheatrical ode to Sarah Bernhardt and Shakespeare’s melancholy Dane
Bernhardt/Hamlet: Janet McTeer in Theresa Rebeck’s Almost-Ready Play
★★★☆☆ Sarah Bernhardt takes on the great role while dallying with Edmond Rostand
Beautiful: Some Kind of Wonderful Show
★★★★☆ Long-Run Lookback: Abby Mueller shows the world all the love in her heart as Broadway’s current Carole King in the long-running biomusical
Beautiful: That Carole King Bio-Show Stays Good to Go and See
★★★★☆ Long-Run Lookback: A smart jukebox musical remains a some kind of wonderful Broadway attraction
Aladdin: Four Years On, A Fairy Tale For A Whole New World
★★★★☆ Long-Run Lookback: One of Disney’s most enduring screen-to-stage confections remains among its most adult-friendly—and seems freshly relevant.
The Lion King: Disney’s Pride Still Rules the Savanna
★★★★★ Long-Run Lookback: Disney’s Tale of Simba Remains Awe-Inspiring
The Lion King: Another Ride on the Circle of Life
★★★☆☆ Long-Run Lookback: The Disney warhorse still looks spectacular, even if it’s not entirely engaging