★★☆☆☆ Playwright JC Lee tries and fails to create a compelling portrait of 30-something gay male friendship today
Off-Broadway
The Patsy: Theater-Devoted David Greenspan Jovially Takes on All Six Roles
★★★★☆ Jack Cummings III directs this compact revival of the charming 1925 Barry Connors drawing-room comedy
Suffs: New Musical Wins by a Landslide
★★★★★ Shaina Taub writes and stars in an exciting new musical saluting a band of forgotten but exceptional American heroes
Suffs: The Suffragist Movement in High-Tone Song and Dance, Believe it or Not
★★★★☆ Shaina Taub cements her name as composer, lyricist, bookwriter, and performer, along with impassioned others
Confederates: Black Women Keenly Observed in the Ketanji Brown Jackson Era
★★★★☆ The reliable Dominique Morisseau scores again, with Stori Ayers firmly directing an extremely versatile cast
At the Wedding: Of Canapés and Cannibals
★★★★☆ Nuptials upended by hilarity in Bryn Turner play at Lincoln Center Theater
what you are now: A Cambodian Family in Universally Identifiable Memory Denial
★★★★☆ Sam Chanse’s strong new play, directed by Steve Cosson with an impressive five-member ensemble
The Life: Seldom-Revived Cy Coleman Musical Gets a Shot in the Arm from Billy Porter
★★★★☆ The stage and screen star and his collaborators pump fresh blood into this ode to New York’s mean streets
Notes From Now: The Pandemic Musical Revue You’ve Been Waiting For
★★★★☆ The Prospect Theater Company has Stephen Schwartz, Gretchen Cryer, Jeff Blumenkrantz, other witty songwriters on tap
Anyone Can Whistle: One-Night Laurents-Sondheim Revival Often Whistle-Worthy
★★★☆☆ Ted Sperling conducts/directs Vanessa Williams, Elizabeth Stanley, Santino Fontana, Joanna Gleason, many more to effect