Finkle

★★★★☆ Candice Jones writes, director Lilieana Blain-Cruz and cast demonstrate great teamwork on the court

★★★☆☆ Erica Schmidt directs a revival with Maggie Siff and Pico Alexander as doomed lovers

★★★★☆ Marie Mullen is superb in Deirdre Kinahan’s two-hander, with Louise Lowe directing

★★★★☆ R & R lovers-bookwriters Kupper, Marshak, Caiola recall Little Richard et al in a retrospect rouser

★★★★☆ Dexter Flanders takes on a deserving human problem, James Hillier directing a first-rate cast

★★★☆☆ Jillian Walker lectures on the meaning of life, with an emphasis on Black women through the ages

★★★★☆ John J. Caswell Jr. writes and Dustin Will directs an excellent ensemble on familial distress and reconciliation

★★★★☆ Light in the Piazza’s Guettel and Lucas reteam for an operatic tragedy, directed by Michael Greif

★★★☆☆ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins writes and Eric Ting directs a play about five high school reunioning discontents