★★☆☆☆ Even the typically combustible Marin Ireland can’t strike many sparks from a sparsely dramatized story
Off-Broadway
Under the Radar: Hear Word! Naija Women Talk True, Frankenstein
★★★★ A Nigerian all-female troupe proclaim their independence
★★ The Manual Cinema group takes on Shelley
The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes: Guys and a Dancing Doll of Futuristic Design
★★★☆☆ The “Be More Chill” choreographer delivers a new dance drama with a vintage story and a modern score
The Girl with the Alkaline Eyes: An Off-Center Gaze at the Future
★★★☆☆ Director/choreographer Chase Brock and scenarist/composer Eric Dietz ponder robots robotically
Swingin’ With the Season: Michael Feinstein’s Wide Holiday Greetings
★★★★★ The top-drawer cabaret entertainer stretches the Christmas/Chanukah song boundaries
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!: Family Fun in Whoville
★★★☆☆ The holiday favorite returns to Madison Square Garden, with Gavin Lee as the titular grouch
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Typically Tutu Funny to Describe
★★★★☆ The Trocks spin back for the holidays as en pointe entertaining as ever
Clueless: As If… It Were Still the ’90s
★★★☆☆ Amy Heckerling brings unapologetic nostalgia and joy to a musical adaptation of her ’90s film, featuring Disney star Dove Cameron
Clueless, the Musical: Cher Horowitz Takes Manhattan, Awkwardly
★★★☆☆ Writer-director Amy Heckerling tries turning her classic movie about a ’90 Beverly Hills ‘Emma’ into a musical
Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine: Lynn Nottage on a Comic Escapade
★★★★☆ This early play by the two-time Pulitzer-winner is a comedy lark