★★★★☆ Portraying the acclaimed late author, an equally celebrated actor acclimates us to the inevitability of loss.
Off-Broadway
A Man of No Importance: Jim Parsons in a Musical of Moderate Importance
★★★☆☆ Ragtime’s Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally’s mild creation, with John Doyle directing
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE: THE TITLE IS PERHAPS ALL TOO APT
★★☆☆☆ Jim Parsons puts in minimal effort in portraying a driven, passionate “nobody.”
The Unbelieving: Agnostics Anonymous — Renegade Preachers Confess Their Doubts
★★★★☆ Has God left the building? Nine religious professionals, of varied faiths, suspect that the party may be over.
Straight Line Crazy: Ralph Fiennes Is Straight Line Wonderful
★★★★★ David Hare distills the rise and fall of master builder Robert Moses
A Raisin in the Sun: A Classic Overbaked, but with Radiant Performances
★★★☆☆ Actors manage to shine despite directorial gimmickry in Robert O’Hara’s new revival of the Lorraine Hansberry classic
Candida: Revisiting an Early Shavian Heroine, and Her Motley Crew of Admirers
★★★★☆ Gingold Theatrical Group presents a broadly funny new take on Shaw’s satire
Montag: A Female Odd Couple Sits Out a Crisis
★★★☆☆ Two women barricade themselves against the outside world and seek refuge in one another’s company.
F*ck7thGrade: Singer/songwriter Jill Sobule recalls that trying time
★★★★☆ Relive the agonies of your first romantic entanglements — prompted by an extraordinarily honest and insightful sympathizer.
Chester Bailey: A Civilian Casualty of World War II
★★★★☆ Reed and Ephraim Birney (father and son) recreate a doctor-patient relationship from 1945 that delivers equal parts shock and awe.