★★★★☆ The journalist, comedian, and serial comma supporter seeks validation in an autobiographical one-woman show
Off-Broadway
A Sherlock Carol: Holmes Meets Ebenezer Scrooge in a Perfect Holiday Wrapping
★★★★☆ Mark Shanahan writes and directs a new mystery, with Drew McVety and Thom Sesma as the beloved fictional characters
The Alchemist: Ben Jonson’s Jacobean Hilarity Gussied Up for Today’s Laugh Lovers
★★★★☆ Jeffrey Hatcher and Red Bull’s Jesse Berger rev up a classy set of farceurs, Red Rogers, Manoel Felciano among them
Cullud Wattah: A Flint, Michigan Family Trying to Survive Enduring Water Plague
★★★★★ Erika Dickerson-Despenza protests an inexplicable situation through the eyes and miseries of five women.
Medicine: Not What the Doctor Ordered
★★☆☆☆ Domhnall Gleeson plays an institutionalized man undergoing a unique form of drama therapy in Enda Walsh’s absurdist drama.
Morning’s at Seven: Extra-Special Cast Does the Paul Osborn Classic Proud
★★★★☆ Dan Wackerman helms Lindsey Crouse, Alma Cuervo, Dan Lauria, Patty McCormack, Alley Mills, Tony Roberts, John Rubinstein
Morning’s at Seven: Everything Old is Wonderfully New Again
★★★★☆ Sterling revival of Paul Osborn’s classic 1939 play features a dream cast of stage and screen veterans
Turtle on a Fence Post: First-Ever Revenge Musical Reaches Stage, Skids
★★★☆☆ Formerly imprisoned political strategist Hank Morris adds songs to his angry story
Baby: Nearly 40 Years Later, the Story Goes On
★★★★☆ The 1983 musical gets a 2021 makeover courtesy of Out of the Box Theatrics
Baby: Charm-filled Maltby-Shire Musical Makes a Welcome Return
★★★☆☆ Out of the Box Theatrics offers a diverse and inclusive redraft of the 1983 parenthood musical