★★★☆☆ Dina Shihabi give a strong performance as a woman forced from Damascus, attempting to survive by any means
Off-Broadway
Little Shop of Horrors: Be Careful What You Wish For
★★★★☆ Michael Mayer’s lowkey revival, like the clumsy clerk at its center, emphasizes the quirky charms of simplicity
Little Shop of Horrors: A Bloody Good Time
★★★★☆ The beloved 1982 musical returns to its off-Broadway roots. Just don’t feed the plants!
Forbidden Broadway The Next Generation: Musical Comedy Takes It on the Chin
★★★★☆ Gerard Alessandrini is back with his usually delectable vengeance
Forbidden Broadway: It Just Keeps Rolling (and Rolling) Along
★★★☆☆ The long-running revue is back, still entertaining but not quite sure what it’s making fun of
Soft Power: Shall We Dance and Sing About Our Cultural Differences?
★★★☆☆ Hillary Clinton enjoys a Fred & Ginger romance in a satirical show at the Public
Soft Power: Hillary Get Your Gun?
★★★☆☆ A sharp East-West political satire from David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori doesn’t quite deliver
The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter: The Decline Rises
★★★★☆ The 1965 Ben Bagley revue well treated by director Pamela Hunt, with Lee Roy Reams
The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter: Too Much Winking
★★☆☆☆ Vintage songs curdle in coy performances
The White Chip: A Blithe Spirit Spins Into Chronic Alcohol Abuse
★★★☆☆ Three actors make a cautionary saga of excessive drinking go down easily