★★★☆☆ The OG Carrie Bradshaw dishes on her life, career, and the real Mr. Big
Off-Broadway
Selling Kabul: Worthy Drama About Afghanis in Torn-From-Headlines Distress
★★★★☆ Playwright Sylvia Khoury, director Tyne Rafaeli, four-member cast distinguish themselves on scarifying subject
Cheek to Cheek: Irving Berlin Hollywood Revue Reaching for the Highest Peak
★★★★☆ Randy Skinner conceives, directs and choreographs six deft singer-dancers, with sharp Barry Kleinbort book
Approval Junkie: Faith Salie Tells All
★★★★☆ The journalist, comedian, and serial comma supporter seeks validation in an autobiographical one-woman show
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