★★☆☆☆ Eddie Izzard’s formidable talent is spread a bit thin in this daunting abridgment of Shakespeare’s masterwork.
Off-Broadway
Oh, Mary!: Cole Escola As The Ludicrously Marvelous Mrs. Lincoln
★★★★☆ Uproarious farce sheds new light on the War Between the States, or at least the War Between the Lincolns
Oh, Mary!: First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln on a Sometimes Funny Rampage
★★★☆☆ Cole Escola writes and stars, Sam Pinkleton directs, Conrad Ricamora is Mary’s bamboozled husband
Russian Troll Farm: The Hijinks Are Far from Hilarious
★★☆☆☆ Poke a troll and you might discover its soft underbelly.
The Connector: A Splendid New Musical About Truth and Consequences
★★★★☆ Jason Robert Brown and company connect with a timely tale exploring fact and fancy in American journalism
The Connector: Journalism Scandal Musical Feels Too Little, Too Late
★★★☆☆ Daisy Prince directs this new musical by Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman, based on a real-life story and featuring Scott Bakula, Ben Levi Ross, and Hannah Cruz.
Jonah: Three Ages of Woman, Intriguingly Interspliced
★★★★☆ Gabby Beans portrays a writer-in-training at three distinct junctures in her life, slightly jumbled to fascinating effect.
The White Chip: Recovering Alcoholic’s Tough Tale Boldly Told
★★★☆☆ Sean Daniels is autobiographical about his drinking past, with Joe Tapper as the fictional stand-in
Once Upon a Mattress: Sutton Foster Distinguishes a So-So Revival
★★★☆☆ Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer musical features Michael Urie, J. Harrison Ghee, Harriet Harris, and Cheyenne Jackson
Once Upon a Mattress: A Royal Success, at Encores
★★★★☆ Sutton Foster, Michael Urie, Harriet Harris and more lead the cast in a happy revival of the Mary Rodgers—Marshall Barer musical