★★★★☆ Kelli O’Hara, Brian d’Arcy James fine performances highlight Adam Guettel-Craig Lucas tuner.
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Once Upon a Mattress: Sutton Foster Distinguishes a So-So Revival
★★★☆☆ Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer musical features Michael Urie, J. Harrison Ghee, Harriet Harris, and Cheyenne Jackson
Public Obscenities: What’s Obscene and What Isn’t, Probed at Length
★★★☆☆ Shayok Misha Chowdhury writes and directs, with a hard-working and skilled cast
From London: Pacific Overtures, and Thanks Be for It
★★★★☆ An intriguing and colorful staging of the 1976 Sondheim-Weidman musical, at the Menier
Yuletide Revelry: The Callaway Sisters Spice the Season
★★★★☆ Ann Hampton and Liz give carols and pop tunes a good time, Alex Rybeck at the piano
The Night of the Iguana: Williams at his Best, Production Not
★★☆☆☆ Emily Mann directs a prosaic revival, Tom Daly, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Lea DeLaria act
Manahatta: A Smart Focus on Who Really Owns Manhattan
★★★☆☆ Mary Kathryn Nagle examines Wall Street then and now, how it’s changed and hasn’t
Madwomen of the West: Henner, Adams, Mayron, Aaron Let Loose
★★★☆☆ Sandra Tsing Loh’s play about the stage-screen-tv performers reuniting, Thomas Caruso directs
The Gardens of Anuncia: LaChiusa- Daniele Memory Musical Memorable
★★★★☆ Composer Michael John LaChiusa, director-choreographer Graciela Daniele tell her affecting story
Waiting for Godot: Beckett’s Masterpiece Revived, Worth the Wait
★★★★☆ Arin Arbus directs scrupulously, Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks act at the top of their forms