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THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR

at Red Bull Theater

CLEVER IMPOSTER

Michael Urie leads a terrific cast in a very funny production.

Reviewed by: BERNARD CARRAGHER

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

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY

at the Old Vic

DEPRESSION-ERA UPLIFT

Four stars for Conor McPherson's soulful story that brings Bob Dylan's music to life in a new way.

Reviewed by: JOHN NATHAN

APOLOGIA

at Trafalgar Studios

DINNER IN THE COUNTRY

Stockard Channing leads a talented cast in this flawed but entertaining production.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

at Apollo Theatre

ELEGANT SAVAGERY

Sienna Miller and Jack O’Connell star in a production that is unstinted in its dissection of appetite and loneliness.

Reviewed by: SAM MARLOWE

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY

at the Old Vic

DESOLATION ROW

Conor McPherson uses the songs of Bob Dylan to create a soundtrack for this Depression-era drama.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

ANGELS IN AMERICA

at the National (Lyttelton)

IN NEED OF EMPATHY

Angels offers up a humanity we need more than ever just now.

Reviewed by: MATT WOLF

YANK!

at Charing Cross Theatre

HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS

Set during WWII, this musical breaks with tradition by being a boy-meets-boy love story.

Reviewed by: CLIVE HIRSCHHORN

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

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.