★★★★☆ The 2004 movie becomes a crowd-pleasing musical, with help from the wizardly Casey Nicholaw
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Mean Girls: Fey’s Film Is Very Fetch on Broadway
★★★★☆ Director-choreography Casey Nicholaw has fun playing with the Plastics — but why’s it all so white and straight?
Three Tall Women: Towering Performances Drive Albee Revival
★★★★★ Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf, and Alison Pill shine and pierce in a new production of the Pulitzer-winning play.
Three Tall Women: Glenda Jackson on a Ripping Albee Ride
★★★★★ Glenda Jackson and Edward Albee combine for a scorching Mother’s Day
Rocktopia: Rock and Classical Fight to the Death, Both Lose
★☆☆☆☆ Classic rock warhorses meet classical warhorses, but the singers, orchestra, and choir reach no agreement
Rocktopia: It’s So… Heavy
★★☆☆☆ An homage to rock gods and their classical forebears offers all the subtlety of Spinal Tap’s tribute to Stonehenge.
Lobby Hero: Lonergan’s Law and Disorder Looks Timely
★★★★☆ Chris Evans and Michael Cera face off in a provocative study of shady behavior at the newly redone Hayes Theater
Lobby Hero: A Fine Revival of Lonergan’s Slight Comedy
★★★☆☆ Film stars Michael Cera and Chris Evans face off in the character-heavy, plot-light play.
Angels in America: A Fantasia for All Seasons
★★★★★ Tony Kushner’s modern classic soars in this new production starring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane
Angels in America: Arriving via London, This Angel Soars
★★★★★ Tony Kushner’s American masterwork remains topical, trenchant, and transcendent in this new production.