★★★☆☆ Ricky Ian Gordon’s two-act composition is bolstered by strong ensemble singing, as Bartlett Sher directs
Off-Broadway
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.
Long Day’s Journey into Night: A Tragedy for All the Wrong Reasons
★★☆☆☆ Director Robert O’Hara squanders the formidable talents of his lead performers in this grotesquely updated, heavily cut revival.
Long Day’s Journey Into Night: Eugene O’Neill’s Classic Drastically Declassified
★★☆☆☆ Director Robert O’Hara needlessly updates the master as Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp, Jason Bowen, and Ato Blankson-Wood toil
The Hang: Prepare Ye the Way of Socrates
★★★★☆ Taylor Mac’s latest work is a jazz-infused opera tracing the trial and death of philosophy’s founding father
Whisper House: Not-So-Blithe Spirits
★★★☆☆ Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow’s ghost story finally arrives in New York
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe: One Woman Speaks Volumes
★★★★☆ Cecily Strong headlines Jane Wagner’s multicharacter meditation on humanity, interconnectedness, soup, and art
Kimberly Akimbo: A Musical As Skewed As Its Title Character
★★★★☆ Victoria Clark plays a teenager afflicted with an illness that makes her grow old prematurely in the new musical by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori.
Kimberly Akimbo: David Lindsay-Abaire’s Akimbo Play Now Sings Out
★★★★☆ Ubiquitous composer Jeanine Tesori supplies music to tunes Victoria Clark, Bonnie Milligan and cast have good times with