★★☆☆☆ Ruthie Ann Miles shines amid Ethan Lipton’s respectful musical version of a mad Thornton Wilder classic
Sommers
Archduke: Murder, He Says
★★★☆☆ Patrick Page blazes as a Balkans terrorist in Rajiv Joseph’s what-if World War I history play
The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire: What the Hell Was That All About?
★★★☆☆ Anne Washburn’s absorbing study of collective existence melts into something else at the finish line
Kyoto: Greenhouse Gassing
★★★☆☆ Stephen Kunken is good as a bad guy in a new Royal Shakespeare drama about special interests and global warming
Messy White Gays: Boys Being Boys, Badly
★★☆☆☆ Expect trashy doings, nonstop name drops, insults, and murder done for fun
Little Bear Ridge Road: Destination Uncertain
★★★★☆ Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock deliver poignant performances in Samuel D. Hunter’s quietly lovely drama
Beau the Musical: Queer as Folk Music
★★★☆☆ Jeb Brown and Matt Rodin head a sweet show done in honky-tonk environs
Let’s Love!: Women Through a Guy’s Eyes
★★★☆☆ A scathing Aubrey Plaza and sharp others, plus Nellie McKay, light up Ethan Coen’s new comedies
Oh Happy Day!: Too Much Mo’
★★☆☆☆ Jordan E. Cooper delivers a multifarious father and son drama, with songs
Crooked Cross: A Sign of the Times
★★☆☆☆ Mint Theater discovers a 1935 drama about the Nazi takeover of German society