★★★☆☆ The plot is nothing to rave to friends about, but the songs have the rich Yalie’s gossamer sound
Off-Broadway
Seared: Theresa Rebeck’s Kitchen-Set Comedy Needs More Fire
★★★☆☆ Theresa Rebeck centers her newest comedy on a crash-and-burn–style pretentious New York chef
Seared: Raúl Esparza Gets All Fired Up As a Deranged Master Chef
★★★☆☆ MCC Theater makes a tasty dish of Theresa Rebeck’s lite comedy
The Michaels: Making the Right Moves
★★★★☆ Richard Nelson takes us back to Rhinebeck, with a thoughtful play about time passing, decently
The Michaels: Richard Nelson Extends the Excellence of His Apple and Gabriel Cycles
★★★★★ Maryann Plunkett, Jay O. Sanders, and Brenda Wehle take us back to another kitchen in Nelson’s Rhinebeck
Macbeth: A Slimmed-Down Version of the Scottish Play
★★★★☆ The couple who slays together stays together? Real-life spouses Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers star as Shakespeare’s murderous Scots.
Macbeth: Do Too Many Witches Spoil the Theatrical Brew?
★★★☆☆ John Doyle directs Corey Stoll’s title warrior as too full of the milk of human kindness
Imagining Madoff: Crimes and Consequences, Through a Philosophical Lens
★★★★☆ Deb Margolin’s beautifully crafted, powerfully acted reflection on greed and guilt and the crime of the 21st century returns
Scotland, PA: A Mostly Fair-to-Middling Musical Dishes Out Murders Most Foul
★★★☆☆ Smart staging and good performers make the most of a so-so new musical
Scotland, PA: Shakespeare’s Scottish Play as an Updated So-So Tuner
★★☆☆☆ The McBeths, as they’re now called, in a Lonny Price-directed Macbeth musical with an Adam Gwon score