★★★★★ A rip-roaring reimagining of Hammerstein’s reimagining of Bizet’s Carmen
Off-Broadway
Carmen Jones: An Irresistible Musical Charmer Returns to New York
★★★★☆ Forget Rodgers, Kern and Romberg—let’s hear it for the team of Bizet and Hammerstein!
Girls & Boys: You Just Can’t Look Away
★★★★☆ Oscar and Tony nominee Carey Mulligan captivates in a gritty one-woman drama from Matilda scribe Dennis Kelly.
Girls & Boys: Carey Mulligan Astounds in Searing One-Person Play
★★★★☆ Dennis Kelly’s new play exceeds expectations, bolstered by a bravura performance by Carey Mulligan
Log Cabin: Other People’s Progress
★★★★☆ Jordan Harrison explores the challenges of moving forward in a provocative new play.
Log Cabin: The ‘Gay Takeover’ Is Complete, So Now What?
★★★☆☆ Jordan Harrison’s latest, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, considers just about every issue in modern gay life, with some success
Cyprus Avenue: Stephen Rea Meets a Dead Ringer for Gerry Adams
★★★☆☆ A harrowing dark comedy regards a Belfast man driven mad by a lifetime spent amid violent social conflict
Cyprus Avenue: Where Pride & Prejudice Meet
★★☆☆☆ Did you hear the one about the baby who looked like Gerry Adams? Cyprus Avenue is a black comedy in search of a weighty punch line.
Skintight: Beauty Is Fleeting, with Belly Laughs
★★★★☆ Playwright Joshua Harmon returns with his fourth consecutive rewarding comedy
Skintight: Chasing Beauty, Ruthlessly
★★★☆☆ Joshua Harmon and Idina Menzel look at the search for eternal youth and the bad behavior it can encourage