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'Ladyhouse Blues' Doesn't Sing as It Should

Kevin O’Morrison’s 1979 drama “Ladyhouse Blues,” about a working-class woman holding her four daughters close after World War I, gets an uneven production from Andak Stage Company.

'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' Belongs More to the Page Than the Stage

Though this biographical collage about Lorraine Hansberry is historically interesting, “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” from Actors Co-op, only comes alive during play excerpts.

‘The Motherf**ker With the Hat’ Finds Its Laughs in Unlikely Places

Stephen Adly Guirgis’ ruthlessly funny “The Motherf**ker With the Hat,” about love, fidelity, and substance abuse, gets an expertly acted staging from South Coast Repertory.

'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol' Tells Parallel Stories

In “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol,” Tom Mula’s revisionist take on Dickens, at Six01 Studio, Marley’s ghost must redeem Ebenezer Scrooge in order to escape an eternity in hell.

‘Other Desert Cities’ Gets L.A. Premiere With Mixed Results

“Other Desert Cities,” Jon Robin Baitz’s latest play, at Center Theatre Group, is comic and plenty political, if overwritten; a couple of key performers fail to hit the bull’s-eye.

National Tour of ‘Anything Goes’ Is Definitely the Top

Erich Bergen and Rachel York display triple-threat musical comedy skills in the national tour of Roundabout Theatre’s Tony Award–winning revival of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes.”

O'Neill's 'Hughie' Proves a Potent if Imperfect Two-Hander

Open Fist Theatre Company’s account of Eugene O’Neill’s “Hughie,” a one-act dating to the early 1940s that was first staged after the playwright’s death, is spare but compelling.

‘One November Yankee’ Stars Harry Hamlin and Loretta Swit as Three Sets of Siblings

Versatile leads Harry Hamlin and Loretta Swit carry the NoHo Arts Center world premiere of Joshua Ravetch’s intricate two-hander “One November Yankee” past certain textual overcalculations.

'Foote Notes' Rings With Quiet Truths

Open Fist Theatre Company pairs two Horton Foote one-acts to create “Foote Notes,” and these intimate, flavorful works get a powerful, on-target staging from director Scott Paulin.

'Intimate Apparel' Gets Handsome if Occasionally Overreaching Revival

Vanessa Williams (of “New Jack City”) finds interesting shadings in the “I’m nobody’s doormat” heroine of “Intimate Apparel,” Lynn Nottage’s 2003 play about love, class, and isolation.