★★★★☆ The Ponzi criminal seen raving and ranting in a knock-out performance by Jeremiah Kissel
Off-Broadway
The Cake: When the Antigay Baker Meets a Same-Sex Couple
★★★★☆ Debra Jo Rupp is the key ingredient in Bekah Brunstetter’s sympathetic portrait of cultures colliding
The Cake: Marriage, Bigotry, and Pink Lemonade Buttercream
★★★☆☆ Debra Jo Rupp scores as a bigoted baker in Bekah Brunstetter’s new play at Manhattan Theatre Club
“Daddy”: A Drama With a Few Issues
★★★☆☆ Alan Cumming stars as a wealthy art collector with a much-younger companion in Jeremy O. Harris’ provocative new play
“Daddy”: More Splash Than Significance in Substance
★★☆☆☆ Alan Cumming plays a sugar daddy in a play that nearly drowns in talk
Dying in Boulder: Linda Faigao-Hall’s Drama Dies More Than One Way
★★★☆☆ A Buddhist-style death wish is examined from a perspective not sympathetic to religion
Dying in Boulder: Karma, Conflict, and Cultural Appropriation
★★☆☆☆ A new play set in Colorado turns into a Rocky Mountain downer
Superhero: Waiting for Takeoff
★★★☆☆ Tom Kitt and John Logan’s new musical is firmly earthbound. Where’s a caped crusader when you need him?
Superhero: A Capably Crafted New Musical That Resolutely Refuses to Fly
★★☆☆☆ Holy guacamole, Batman, how can these ace guys deliver such a dull show?
Alice By Heart: Lost Down a Hole
★☆☆☆☆ MCC Theater opens its new home with an indecipherable take on Alice in Wonderland