★★★☆☆ Oscar nominee Ruth Negga makes a stellar New York stage debut in a somewhat tedious staging of Shakespeare’s soliloquy-heavy tragedy
Off-Broadway
Hamlet: Ruth Negga To Be or Not To Be in Title Role?
★★★☆☆ Yaël Farber’s handsome Gate Theatre production boasts pluses and minuses
Darling Grenadine: Quirkily Charming New York Love Story, with Tunes
★★★★☆ Songwriter Daniel Zaitchik scores big with this endearing, small-scale musical comedy
House Plant: Humans Seeking Nourishment and Connection
★★★☆☆ Sarah Einspanier’s new play follows young searchers in the digital age
House Plant: Wilts Quickly Before Your Aching Eyes and Ears
★★☆☆☆ Sarah Einspanier’s elusive play with three (over)actors and a fourth on violin
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: They’re All Talk and No Action
★☆☆☆☆ A dull new musical regards a not-so-fab foursome of the Swinging ’60s
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: Mazursky’s Movie Musically Mangled
★☆☆☆☆ Creators Jonathan Marc Sherman, Duncan Sheik, and Amanda Green do no one any adapting favors
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: Masterpiece Returns Triumphantly
★★★★★ A male swan king and male companions turn Ivanov/Petipa into masculine pride
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: Spooky and Sexy Romance in Dance
★★★★☆ A classical ballet reimagined as a bisexual psychodrama briefly revisits New York
Beyond Babel: “Romeo and Juliet” is “West Side Story”-ized, Very Well
★★★★☆ Keone and Mari Madrid lead highly-energized 12-member dance troupe with inspiration