★★★★☆ Playwright Simon Stephens and tech wizards concoct the world’s first mixed reality play
Off-Broadway
An Ark: Mixed Reality Theater Provides Mixed Results
★★★☆☆ Ian McKellen is among the performers appearing virtually in this one-act play by Simon Stephens
The Disappear: Art Isn’t Easy
★★★☆☆ Erica Schmidt’s world premiere dramedy skewers a self-absorbed filmmaker and the people who love him
The Disappear: Fun While It Lasts
★★★☆☆ Hamish Linklater, Miriam Silverman, and Dylan Baker are among the stars of Erica Schmidt’s world premiere play riffing on show business and marriage
Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon, in a Joyful, Virtuosic Tribute
★★★★☆ A new revue features top-tier singers and musicians in an homage to one of the last century’s greatest, grooviest composers.
Going Bacharach: Mishandling an Icon’s Songs
★★☆☆☆ Revue supposedly honoring Burt Bacharach songs, mostly with Hal David lyrics ,comes a cropper
From Under the Radar: Bellow and Kanjincho
Fresh works from Ireland and Japan arrive in the opening week of the annual festival of innovative theater
Picnic at Hanging Rock: Tasty Picnic, Some Ants Intruding
★★★☆☆ Hilary Bell, Greta Gertler Gold musicalize scary novel and movie, Portia Kreigler directs
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Grand Opera, Grandly Done
★★★★☆ Gian Carlo Menotti’s one-act opera shines as a holiday attraction
Amahl and the Night Visitors: Kid’s Stuff or What?
★★★☆☆ Kenny Leon strategically stages Gian Carlo Menotti’s 45-minute chamber opera