★★☆☆☆ Playwright Zak also directs a cast willing to go for broke from the get-go, no matter how short the results fall
Off-Broadway
Rolling Thunder: The Vietnam War Via Music
★★★☆☆ This jukebox musical featuring six actor/singers and a five-piece band includes numerous rock and pop classics from the era.
ta-da!: Josh Sharp shares the gay times of his life
★★★☆☆ Director Sam Pinkleton stages a solo show driven by 2,000 slides in 80 minutes
Joy—A New True Musical: A Messy Show That Not Even a Miracle Mop Can Clean Up
★★★☆☆ Betsy Wolfe stars in the musicalized story of Joy Mangano, inventor of the Miracle Mop and other products.
Joy: An Old Mop Story Fairly Wrung Out
★★★☆☆ Betsy Wolfe scores an immaculate performance in a musical remake of the middling movie.
The Weir: Naturally Supernatural
★★★★☆ Dan Butler leads a superb ensemble in Irish Repertory Theatre staging of Conor McPherson’s haunting drama
The Weir: The Conor McPherson Bar Play Easily Vaults a High Bar
★★★★☆ Ciarán O’Reilly directs the Irish Rep revival for the fourth time, with actors Dan Butler, Sean Gormley, John Keating back again
The Gospel at Colonus: A grand and glorious revival
★★★★★ A modern music-drama looks and sounds beautiful outdoors at Little Island Park
Heathers The Musical: Longtime Fans Will Cheer the Revival, Others May Not
★★☆☆☆ Kevin Murphy, Laurence O’Keefe adapt the teen flick, Andy Rickman directs, with a cast of belters who do what they’re asked to do
Viola’s Room: An Eerie Place to Visit
★★★☆☆ The latest immersive theater production from Punchdrunk has small groups of theatergoers walking through a variety of atmosphere-laden environments.