★★★☆☆ Gingold Theatrical Group offers clever production of early Shavian comedy
Off-Broadway
Ragtime: Simple and Somehow Sublime
★★★★★ For her farewell as Encores! artistic director, future Lincoln Center AD Lear deBessonet goes out on a high note
Ragtime: E. L. Doctorow’s Musicalized Masterpiece Masterfully Revived
★★★★★ The Terrence McNally-Stephen Flaherty-Lynn Ahrens flawless work, directed by Lear deBessonet, choreographed by Ellenore Scott
Another Shot: When Harry Met Rehab
★★★☆☆ Dan Butler plays a nice guy who insists “I don’t need to quit drinking”
Another Shot: An AA Rehab Revealed in Honest, Convincing, Tough Terms
★★★☆☆ Harry Teinowitz brings his own experience to the stage, with Dan Butler playing the role
Bad Kreyòl: Haitian American Dominique Morisseau’s Very Personal Drama
★★★★☆ The playwright returns to her roots and honors her family in a dynamic new work
Bad Kreyòl: Good Writing About a Culture Clash in Haiti
★★★★☆ Dominique Morisseau tells us it’s easy to get lost in translation when speaking the language of Haiti with an American accent.
In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot: Survivors, from Sarah Mantell
★★★☆☆ Blackburn prize-winner studies love in a dystopian climate
We Live in Cairo: 2012 Egyptian Revolution Set to Music, Craftily Explored
★★★★☆ Songwriters Daniel and Patrick Lazour and hard-working cast triumph, under Taibi Magar’s direction
Hold on to Me Darling: Don’t Let Go His Ego
★★★★☆ Adam Driver stars as a self-involved charmer