★★★★☆ Condola Rashad shows us the humanity and humility of Shaw’s historical heroine in Daniel Sullivan’s excellent new production.
Broadway
Travesties: A Good Great War, Over Art and Revolution
★★★★☆ Tom Stoppard’s early masterwork is a shell-shocked delight in revival at the Roundabout
Travesties: Tom Stoppard’s Brilliant Comedy Brilliantly Revived
★★★★★ Tom Hollander heads a just about perfect cast, directed just about perfectly by Patrick Marber
Summer: She Works Hard for the Money, Less Hard for the Story
★★★☆☆ Des McAnuff and Sergio Trujillo, with three Donnas and an all-woman chorus, put on an entertaining, confounding biomusical
Summer: Saluting a Queen, With Hokum and Joy
★★★☆☆ A new jukebox musical, despite predictable shortcomings, has a worthy subject and a winning spirit.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Broadway’s Enchanted Kingdom
★★★★☆ J.K. Rowling’s immortal wizard vanquishes Broadway, too
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: A Magic Man Tested
★★★★☆ The boy who lived is a troubled father, in a haunting, exhilarating two-part play conceived by J.K. Rowling with top theater artists.
My Fair Lady: Sher’s New Production, Warm and Tender As It Can Be
★★★★★ Lerner and Loewe’s masterwork shines in a masterful new production
My Fair Lady: Shaw Goes Ibsen in Sher’s Appealing Revival
★★★★☆ Bartlett Sher directs Lauren Ambrose, Harry Hadden-Paton and an impeccable cast
Children of a Lesser God: Mark Medoff Prize Winner Back Forthrightly
★★★☆☆ Joshua Jackson as speech teacher to the deaf and Sarah Ridloff as unwilling student