Curtain Up

Pinter and Beckett are intellectual titans, but Bacharach gets thrown under the bus!

Sondheim and Marsalis surprise, Gentleman’s Guide dies metaphorically and Ethan Hawke’s Macbeth dies quite literally.

Engine Repair and Pensacola both sputter, but the Shakespeare’s Globe’s double bill is spectacular!

Domesticated needs tightening, Soirée needs editing and Sunshine needs polishing, but Nothing to Hide is perfection!

James Bond is betrayed, Pizzarelli & Molaskey celebrate, Julie Taymor reinvents a Dream and After Midnight is sensational!

Big Fish charms, Juno and the Paycock pales, Luce provokes, The Landing bores and Dr. Ruth delights!

Janis Joplin needs a script, but The Winslow Boy and Fun Home are sensational!

The Model Apartment and Romeo and Juliet are miscast and misdirected, but Chita continues to reign supreme!

Tracee Chimo is unforgettable as a bad Jew, and Varla Jean Merman is unleashed as Joan Crawford!

Shakespeare’s subverted, Williams is illuminated, Inge is miscast and Baitz is bungled!