★★★★☆ Katori Hall composes a satisfying dramedy about black men who happen to be gay
Sommers
Dana H.: Giving Voice to a Captive Held in Plain Sight
★★★☆☆ Deirdre O’Connell delivers a striking portrait of a woman in distress
We’re Gonna Die: Catch a Concert Study in Mortality at Second Stage
★★★★☆ Playwright/songwriter Young Jean Lee studies an inevitable fact of life
Cambodian Rock Band: Jamming on the Eve of Destruction
★★★★★ Lauren Yee dramatizes the Khmer Rouge nightmare with a suspenseful story
West Side Story: Damp, Desolate, and Usually Distracting
★★★☆☆ The 1957 Bernstein-Laurents-Robbins-Sondheim masterpiece gets a harsh modern makeover
Mack & Mabel: A Musical Heartbreaker in More Ways Than One
★★★★☆ Jerry Herman’s musical about Hollywood legends is an imperfect charmer
Blues for an Alabama Sky: A Hard-Boiled Canary Desires a Better Roost
★★★☆☆ Pearl Cleage’s 1995 drama about 1930 Harlem life receives its overdue New York premiere
Dracula/Frankenstein: Smart New Stagings of Gothic Literature
★★★★☆ Classic Stage delivers very different but very smart new versions of the classic horror stories, in rep
Riddle of the Trilobites: An Earnest New Musical Packs Multiple Messages
★★★☆☆ Prehistoric characters deal with global warming and learn that change is their friend
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