★★★☆☆ There’s a wealth of talent both on and off stage in this highly ambitious musical inspired by George S. Schuyler’s 1931 Afrofuturist novel.
Off-Broadway
Space Dogs: Singing the Praises of Man’s Best Friend
★★★☆☆ ✩✩ A two-man metamusical about the space race pays tribute to the power of the dog
Tambo & Bones: American Racism Probed in Ambitious, Faulty Comic Drama
★★★☆☆ Playwright Dave Harris plucks characters from long-repudiated minstrel shows to make his sadly pertinent points
The Tap Dance Kid: Taps 10, Direction 8, Score 5, Book 4
★★★☆☆ Choreographer Jared Grimes brings cheer to the Henry Krieger-Robet Lorick-Charles Blackwell musical, directed by Kenny Leon
The Tap Dance Kid: A Boy and His Tap Shoes
★★★☆☆ Fabulous Feet, and a lot of them, at City Center
Prayer for the French Republic: Old Hatred and Enduring Hope
★★★★★ Joshua Harmon’s latest play movingly, fearlessly explores anti-Semitism, past and present
Prayer for the French Republic: Will Jews Always Have Paris and the Rest of France?
★★★★☆ Playwright Joshua Harmon confronts anti-Semitism, with brilliant cast and strong David Cromer direction
Intimate Apparel: Lynn Nottage’s First-Rate Play Opera-ized to No Evident Purpose
★★★☆☆ Ricky Ian Gordon’s two-act composition is bolstered by strong ensemble singing, as Bartlett Sher directs
The Collision/Martyrdom: Two Very Long One-Acts Come Up Short
★☆☆☆☆ The Lizzie Fox-Lily Riopelle Two Headed Rep troupe looks back a millennium for inspiration it doesn’t entirely find
‘Skeleton Crew’: Blue Collar Angst, Without Much Depth
★★★☆☆ Dominique Morisseau’s drama, the third in her “Detroit Project Trilogy,” makes its Broadway debut.