★★★★★ David Greenspan delivers the magnetic, quizzical piece in 90 masterful minutes
Off-Broadway
This Beautiful Future: Not So Beautiful Future for World War II Love Story
★★☆☆☆ German Soldier-French Woman lovers, with Austin Pendleton, Angelina Fiordellisi back-up singing
Remember This: A Vital Message Goes Unheeded
★★★★☆ David Strathairn stirringly embodies a hero who tried to alert the Allies to Hitler’s ultimate goal
Remember This: A Highly Memorable Holocaust Message
★★★★☆ A Polish World War II hero tells his painful story, David Strathairn does the fine acting
Jasper: A Jarring Drama of Parents With Severely Compromised Son
★★★☆☆ A devoted yet at-odds couple seen only tentatively dealing with diversity
The Memory Exam: A Fantasy That Tests Credulity More than Memory
★★☆☆☆ A somewhat trying 90-minuter in which characters must try to remember, like it or not
Strings Attached: Science, Love, Jealousy in an Uneasily Tied Package
★★☆☆☆ Science as a cogent subject for our time, handled with only mild success
Kate: Comedian-Actor-Shapeshifter Kate Berlant Does It All
★★★★☆ A 70-minute one-woman show goes beyond the standard stand-up comic style
Kinky Boots: The Lauper-Feinstein Tuner Kicks Up its Heels Off-Broadway
★★★★☆ The hit musical returns in full Broadway strength, under Jerry Mitchell’s guiding hand
Once Upon a (korean) Time: Marvelous Stories Told by Marvelous Tellers
★★★★☆ Bold new playwright Daniel K. Isaacs tells stories, with beauty