★★★★☆ The late Michael Friedman receives a fitting tribute at Encores! Off-Center with The Civilians’ melancholy Gone Missing.
Off-Broadway
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.
Carmen Jones: Dat’s Love, Dynamite on 13th Street
★★★★★ A rip-roaring reimagining of Hammerstein’s reimagining of Bizet’s Carmen
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