★★★★☆ Red Bull Theater restores a circa 1612 thriller to lusty life in modern dress
Sommers
Ain’t No Mo’: A Sharply Satirical Study in Black Manners and Matters
★★★★☆ The Public Theater unleashes a wildly serio-comical show about race
The Nature of Forgetting: A Memorable Show for Kids of All Ages
★★★★☆ London’s Theatre Re presents an uncommonly poignant and tender study in dementia
I Married an Angel: Not Quite as Heavenly as Hoped
★★★☆☆ A legendary Rodgers & Hart musical demands a higher ’30s style to get airborne
Anything That Gives Off Light: A Hazy Study in Oppressive Economics
★★☆☆☆ A metaphysical study in social significance suffers from a sea-change
Nantucket Sleigh Ride: A Wild Trip To John Guare’s Magic (Realism) Kingdom
★★★☆☆ Jorge Luis Borges, Walt Disney, and a very large lobster pop up on a pointless journey
Kiss Me, Kate: True to Cole Porter (and Shakespeare) in Their Fashion
★★★★☆ Cole Porter and Kelli O’Hara make beautiful music together in a snappy revival
Skinnamarink: Going on an Experimental Journey
★★★☆☆ Little Lord’s latest work playfully digs at the roots of indoctrination
Be More Chill: Desperately (and Delightfully) Striving to Be Cool
★★★★☆ A new cartoon musical delivers a story as timeless as “Faust” and twice as funny
“Daddy”: More Splash Than Significance in Substance
★★☆☆☆ Alan Cumming plays a sugar daddy in a play that nearly drowns in talk