★★★★★ An inventive version of Jules Verne’s classic visits the New Victory Theater
Off-Broadway
BLKS: A Madly Expressive Night Out With Some Messy Millennials
★★★★☆ Newcomer playwright Aziza Barnes delivers an audacious comedy at MCC Theater
High Button Shoes: Silvers Turned to Tarnish in Keystone Kops Musical
★★★☆☆ Jerome Robbins’ ‘Bathing Beauty Ballet’ sparks the uneven Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn musical at Encores!
Luzia: Cirque du Soleil Sweeps Viewers on a Glowing Journey Through Mexico
★★★★☆ Superb circus artists swing, spin, and soar amid surreal visuals and sonorous music
Passage: A Cool Experiment in the ABCs of Xenophobic Behavior
★★★☆☆ Soho Rep’s typically top-notch production fills in the blanks of an experimental endeavor
Paul Swan is Dead and Gone: Portrait of an Unusual Artist as an Old Man
★★☆☆☆ A new bio-drama is performed as a bizarre dance recital in a Chelsea townhouse
Caroline’s Kitchen: Neatly Dishing Out a British Menu of Rueful Humor
★★★☆☆ Playgoers with a taste for British humor may well enjoy what’s being served at 59E59 Theaters
The Plough and the Stars: Dubliners Come to Vivid Life in Irish Rep’s Revival
★★★★★ A superb company performs Sean O’Casey’s tragicomedy about the 1916 Easter Rising
The Plough and the Stars: O’Casey’s Tragicomedy In Superb Shape
★★★★★ The Irish Repertory Company ends O’Casey season with outstanding direction, cast
Grief is the Thing with Feathers: A Mad, Murky, Melancholy Journey
★★★☆☆ Cillian Murphy delivers a remarkable performance as a man possessed