★★★☆☆ Jay Ellis and Stephanie Nur are perfectly cast in Charles Randolph-Wright’s romantic drama
Broadway
Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Shines in a Dark New Play
★★★☆☆ The ‘Hacks’ star takes the Broadway stage solo, as an abused trailer park wife who just wants to write
The Black Wolfe Tone: Kwaku Fortune’s Forceful Semi-Autographical Solo Click
★★★★☆ The actor, new to the Manhattan Stage, makes himself known, as does director Nicola Murphy Dubey
Dead Outlaw: Rip-Roarin’ Musical Hits the Bull’s-Eye
★★★★★ David Yazbek’s brashly macabre tuner features Andrew Durand as a real-life desperado, wanted dead and alive
Dead Outlaw: Macabre, Morbid, and Wickedly Smart
★★★★☆ David Yazbek and Itamar Moses craft a rowdy tuner about a surprisingly lively corpse
Real Women Have Curves: Plus-Size Crowd Pleaser Hits Home
★★★★★ Based on the Latin-themed play and film, the new musical hits all the right notes delivering a weighty message about immigration in America.
Real Women Have Curves: Latina Stories Take Center Stage
★★★★☆ Josefina López’s decades-old play turned movie turned musical resonates with audiences anew
Just in Time: Hello, Bobby! Darin Gets a Splashy Broadway Tribute
★★★★☆ Jonathan Groff gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance as the Grammy-winning “Beyond the Sea” singer
Just in Time: A Bio-Musical Blast
★★★★☆ Jonathan Groff gloriously pays tribute to Bobby Darin in this electric, cabaret-style showcase for his talents
Pirates! The Penzance Musical: Bright and Breezy in the Big Easy
★★★★☆ David Hyde Pierce, Jinkx Monsoon and Ramin Karimloo sail away in a Gilbert & Sullivan showboat