When self-reference is not enough.

Inning after inning, Damn Yankees swings and misses.

Is Michael Stuhlbarg a great Hamlet, or only pretending to be one?

Would half as much Neil LaBute be twice as good?

Conor McPherson’s ode to frustration.

The puzzling masterpiece that is Top Girls.

Boeing-Boeing comes out of storage, and the great Mark Rylance nearly gets it airborne.

Both The Country Girl and Les Liaisons Dangereuses give virtuoso actors a chance to triumph.

Cry-Baby’s cool detachment saps the essence of musical theater: emotion.

A Catered Affair tries to elevate itself by going grim.