★★★★☆ Ronnie Marmo writes and acts, Joe Mantegna directs a strong, sensitive tribute
Off-Broadway
Waiting for Godot: Samuel Beckett’s Masterpiece Masterfully Handled
★★★★★ Druid’s Garry Hynes directs Marty Rea and Aaron Monaghan in a brilliantly physical version
Waiting for Godot: Whiling Away a Few Fine Hours With an Irish Didi and Gogo
★★★★☆ The Druid company infuses Samuel Beckett’s bleak drama with a wonderful sense of life
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: We Believe in Fairies
★★★★☆ Though it be but little, it is fierce. The Mobile Unit’s made-to-travel Midsummer doesn’t skimp on the laughs or the fairy dust.
Days of Rage: Talking About a Revolution, 50 Years Back
★★★☆☆ The latest from Dear Evan Hansen playwright Steven Levenson follows young protesters in a divided nation
Days of Rage: Dropouts, Protests, and the SDS
★★☆☆☆ Steven Levenson, the Dear Evan Hansen librettist, returns with a sixties problem play
Good Grief: A Middling Drama From Writer/Star Ngozi Anyanwu
★★☆☆☆ A Nigerian-American woman literally wrestles with grief in Ngozi Anyanwu’s disconnected drama
Big Apple Circus: A Lean, Keen, Family Show (and More) to its Core
★★★★☆ Kids will get a kick out of the 41st edition while their elders will see some nice sights, too
Daniel’s Husband: A New Drama Cautions Same-Sex Couples to Tie the Knot
★★★☆☆ Good acting breathes life into a comedy that unexpectedly turns sorrowful
Love, Linda: Stevie Holland Explains Why Mrs. Cole Porter Is So in Love
★★★★☆ Twenty of the great love song purveyor’s greatest hits recalled in a musical autobiography