★☆☆☆☆ Julia Child’s 18th-century spiritual ancestor gets a raw deal at 59E59
Sommers
Grangeville: No Thanks for the Memories
★★★★☆ Paul Sparks and Brian J. Smith play brothers and others in Samuel D. Hunter’s thoughtful new drama
Queen of the Mist: Mary Testa Goes over Niagara Falls Once More
★★★☆☆ Michael John LaChiusa’s music-theater work returns in a smart concert staging in New Jersey
Garside’s Career: The Rise and Fall of a Silver-Tongued Speaker
★★★☆☆ An antique British drama about class struggle gets freshly Minted
Henry IV: Fathers and Sons and Falstaff in the Round
★★★☆☆ Jay O. Sanders and Dakin Matthews head TFANA’s versatile ensemble
How Is It That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice: Len Jenkin Conjures a Love Story
★★★☆☆ Fred Weller and Kate Arrington portray soul mates in a poetic romance
A Knock on the Roof: Everyday life and death in Gaza
★★★☆☆ Khawla Ibraheem depicts a mom in desperate straits
Cymbeline: Shakespeare Lite, more easily rephrased than actually done
★★☆☆☆ NAATCO stages a pleasant if patchy all-female, all-Asian American revival
Old Cock: Fowl Doings all the Way from Portugal
★★★☆☆ Robert Schenkkan’s semi-satirical historical study appears Under the Radar
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Gives you the “Wilis” and more
★★★★☆ Program A features a spooky Giselle plus a bright new Balanchine tribute