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MEASURE FOR MEASURE

at Polonsky Shakespeare Center

PERVASIVE DEBAUCHERY

Simon Godwin puts some new touches on some old revelry.

Reviewed by: MATT WINDMAN

ASSASSINS

at New York City Center

TO KILL A PRESIDENT

The groundbreaking 1990 musical humanizes the troubled souls who try to change history with a gun.

Reviewed by: BRIAN SCOTT LIPTON

HAMLET

at Public Theater

BROKEN FAMILY

Sam Gold’s staging is unique, eloquent and at times very funny.

Reviewed by: DAVID COTE

1984

at Hudson Theatre

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING

The Trump administration inspires another production that imagines how grim our future could become.

Reviewed by: MATT WINDMAN

SWEENEY TODD

at Barrow Street Theatre

PIE SHOP OF HORRORS

Though the performances are superb, this production sacrifices the storytelling and score for the sake of a gimmick.

Reviewed by: MATT WINDMAN

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR

at The Duke on 42nd

MISTAKEN IDENTITY

Jeffrey Hatcher presents awildly pleasing adaptation of a play that was long overdue for a revival.

Reviewed by: MATT WINDMAN

A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2

at John Golden Theatre

NORA RETURNS

Lucas Hnath picks up where Henrik Ibsen left off in 1879.

Reviewed by: DAVID COTE

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

MANGLED MAGIC

The tender, fanciful story is turned into a complete train wreck.

Reviewed by: MATT WINDMAN

INDECENT

at Cort Theatre

CHRONICLE OF OBSENITY

Paula Vogel's poignant play explores the history of the controversial 1923 melodrama God of Vengeance.

Reviewed by: MATT WINDMAN

GROUNDHOG DAY

at August Wilson Theatre

LOOP DE LOOP

The tone of this musical adaption is gratingly cartoonish, replacing the dry whimsy of the movie with overwrought clownishness.

Reviewed by: DAVID COTE

THE MENTOR

at Vaudeville Theatre

PASSING JUDGMENT

Daniel Kehlmann has written a play about writing plays, and the plot leaves something to be desired.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

TWELFTH NIGHT

at Shakespeare's Globe

MESSAGE OF LOVE

Emma Rice's production is a glittery and joyous crowd-pleaser.

Reviewed by: SAM MARLOWE

THE FERRYMAN

at Gielgud Theatre

IRISH TROUBLES

Jez Butterworth’s ambitious three-act boasts stellar direction and performances all the way through.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

SALOMÉ

at the National (Olivier)

REINTERPRETING MYTH

Yaël Farber’s radical reinterpretation sees Salomé as a proto-feminist revolutionary.

Reviewed by: SAM MARLOWE

ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE

at Royal Court, Jerwood Theatre

ACROSS GENERATIONS

We follow the misfortunes of three women as a trio of plays is performed simultaneously.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

KILLOLOGY

at Royal Court Theatre

VIRTUAL VIOLENCE

A play about the nature of violence and dislocating family dynamics unravels by the end.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

DON JUAN IN SOHO

at Wyndham's Theatre

THE VOCATION OF HEDONISM

David Tenant is somewhat miscast as the most prolific lover in the world.

Reviewed by: JOHN NATHAN

DARIUS

at Théâtre des Mathurins (Paris)

SENSE MEMORY

In this unique one-act, smell acts as a window into the past for a young man whose body is failing.

Reviewed by: MERVYN ROTHSTEIN

SALOME

at the National (Olivier)

BLURRING OF HISTORY

While meant to give voice to voiceless women of history, Yael Farber’s fails to leave any impression.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI

at Comédie-Française (Paris)

DICTATOR IN CHIEF

Bertolt Brecht’s tale of a Hitler-like mobster rings out in more ways than one.

Reviewed by: MERVYN ROTHSTEIN

ANGELS IN AMERICA

at the National (Lyttelton)

SICK NATION

Tony Kushner’s epic two-part play still packs a punch, even though the turn of the millennium has come and gone.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

HOW TO BECOME PARISIAN IN ONE HOUR?

at Theatre des Nouveautés, Paris

LETTER FROM PARIS

Parisians have their own way of doing things. Olivier Giraud helps decode their behavior through humor.

Reviewed by: MERVYN ROTHSTEIN

SCHEDULE UPDATES -

Yes, Prime Minister contracts its run, while A Chorus Line expands its own.

POWERHOUSE OF THEATRE - After 11 years as the Almeida Theatre's artistic director, Michael Attenborough is stepping down to focus on directing.

SONGS FROM THE HEART - Once the Tony-Award winning musical is set to hit London in January.