★★★★★ Tracy Letts returns to the Midwest with a subdued but stunning play about someone “unexceptional”
Off-Broadway
Mary Page Marlowe: The Six Ages of Woman
★★★☆☆ Tracy Letts returns with an intriguing notion for a play, perhaps too streamlined for coherence
The Saintliness of Margery Kempe: Holy Rolling Amid Medieval Times
★★☆☆☆ A so-what comedy about a would-be saint is buoyed up by some enjoyable performances
The Saintliness of Margery Kempe: Saint or Sinner? Not Worth Deciding
★☆☆☆☆ John Wulp stage-adapts a medieval mystic’s life at great length to small avail
Gone Missing: Requiem for a Composer
★★★★☆ The late Michael Friedman receives a fitting tribute at Encores! Off-Center with The Civilians’ melancholy Gone Missing.
Gone Missing: Songs and Stories From the Lost & Found Department
★★★★☆ A whimsical little musical about wayward items is expertly rediscovered as a concert
Mummenschanz’s you & me: The Sounds of Silence
★★★☆☆ A new show from the long-established troupe makes us ponder the power of quiet contemplation and connection.
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever: Lovely Evermore
★★★★☆ Irish Repertory Theatre’s Charlotte Moore refreshes the Lane/Lerner musical while mining its enduring charms
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever: A Fine Romance
★★★☆☆ Melissa Errico and Stephen Bogardus star in Irish Rep’s stripped-down, chamber-style revival of the 1960s musical.
Songs for a New World: Reach for the ‘Stars’
★★★☆☆ Jason Robert Brown fans rejoice! The Tony-winning composer’s first work is getting the Encores! treatment.