★★★★☆ The versatile, imaginative cabaret performer takes a walk on the wild side
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Pictures From Home: Family Drama Not Fully Developed
★★★☆☆ Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein, Zoë Wanamaker star, Bartlett Shar directs
Endgame: Bill Irwin, John Douglas Thompson Play Beckett’s Work to Win
★★★★☆ Ciarán O’Reilly also directs Joe Grifasi, Patrice Johnson Chevannes in a first-rate revival
On Set With Theda Bara: David Greenspan Vamps in High Style
★★★★☆ Joey Merlo’s hour-long fun fantasy, directed to a jaunty fare-thee-well by Jack Serio
Without You: Rent’s Anthony Rapp Remembers the Classic Musical
★★★★☆ A monologue about love, grief, joy, and a famed production’s highs and lows
Sugar Daddy: So-Out-He’s-In Gay Comic Probes the Funny Side of Grief
★★★★☆ 28-year-old diabetic Jew Sam Morrison stops at little while mourning his late lover
Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel: A Strange, Strong Meta-Theater Must
★★★★☆ Ambitious, Inventive, prolific actor-writer Tim Crouch impressively worries about theater-going today
Between Riverside and Crazy: Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer-Winner Goes B’way
★★★★★ Austin Pendleton directs Stephen McKinley Henderson, six other actors in first-rate dramedy
Ain’t No Mo’: Jordan E. Cooper Writes a First-Rate Political Comedy Revue
★★★★★ A funny, frightening, and important new play on today’s Black-lash
Becky Nurse of Salem: Sarah Ruhl Mixes a Mild Witch Potion
★★★☆☆ Tony-winner Deirdre O’Connell, directed by Rebecca Taichman, casts her always reliable spell