Tearoom Tango - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

Six men cruising a public bathroom in a park in an unnamed American city share with us their reasons for being there and how they feel about being gay.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Candide Americana - Reviewed by LEONARD JACOBS

Stanton Wood's updating of Voltaire's novella is trenchant, canny, a series of lacerations directed toward the American right wing.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Gutter Star - Reviewed by MARK PEIKERT

Bloated at less than 60 minutes, Jack Dyville's book strains hard for easy laughs in his wink-wink pulpy story of a closeted lesbian girl-next-door movie star in 1950s Hollywood.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Bacchae - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

There are some fine performances in Joanne Akalaitis' production and a new score from Philip Glass, but the play never feels relevant to today.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Acting as Ecstasy By Simi Horwitz

André De Shields looks for his bliss in every role he tackles.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

'Improvising' in Scripted Comedy By Arnie Burton

I'm often asked by people who have seen "The 39 Steps"-in which I'm performing on Broadway, along with Jill Paice, Jeffery Kuhn, and Sean Mahon-how much of the show is improvised.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical - Reviewed by HARRY FORBES

The delightful, off-the-wall "A Scotsman in Thailand," performed by Baby Wants Candy, a Chicago-originated improv ensemble, was one night only.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Crow Mill - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

Andrew Unterberg has all the ingredients for a diverting suspenser in the mold of Ira Levin or Shirley Jackson; instead, he's opted for a serious psychological drama, something his character…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Ectospasms - Reviewed by PAUL MENARD

Séances, table tipping, spirit photography, and the Fox sisters all figure prominently in "Ectospams," a charming movement meditation.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

For the Love of Christ! - Reviewed by PAUL MENARD

Unfortunately for writer-composer Ben Knox, his largely unclever low-camp musical "For the Love of Christ!" is neither intelligent enough to be satirical nor ballsy enough to be subversive.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Finger Paint - Reviewed by TOM PENKETH

Despite its juvenile title, "Finger Paint" is a marvelous work of theatrical brio. Tapping the talents of its four audacious young actors, the play tackles love, sex, and art without sentime…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Legally Blonde: The Musical<br> Reviewed by Les Spindle

"Lethally bland" is perhaps too harsh a description for this derivative but harmlessly giddy musical marshmallow.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Damon and Debra - Reviewed by TOM PENKETH

Playwright Judy Chicurel makes her theatrical debut with "Damon and Debra." What the writer lacks in sophistication, she makes up for with a sympathetic touch for her characters.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Flight - Reviewed by TOM PENKETH

Though short-only 55 minutes-"Flight" offers a potent mix of writer-director Tim Aumiller's trenchant script and a pair of terrific performances.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Doctor and the Devils - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

As Noël Coward once wrote, "Ninety minutes is a long, long time," and that sentiment certainly applies to Rag 'N Bone Theatre Company's frenetic, misguided stage adaptation of Dylan Thoma…

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

White Horses: An Irish Childhood - Reviewed by GWEN OREL

This one-man autobiographical solo show has its attractions but needs to plow fresher ground.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Baking With Bertha - Reviewed by LEONARD JACOBS

This slice-of-cooking-life solo show stars a well-padded grandmother who celebrates butter and offers parodies of right-wing bugaboos. Dig in!

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

The Books - Reviewed by ERIK HAAGENSEN

Michael Edison Hayden's new play about the relationship between a professional dominatrix and her client thankfully eschews the sensational and proves surprisingly engrossing and ultimately …

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

Political infighting is made exceedingly entertaining in this wild, red versus blue state satire.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Quartermaine's Terms - Reviewed by DAVID SHEWARD

Williamstown Theatre Festival presents a vibrant production about a nonentity disconnected from life.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Bitch! - Reviewed by HARRY FORBES

This play tracing Lady May Lawford's May-December relationship with the young pianist she hires to write her memoirs lacks focus and variety.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Dante's Divina Comedia - Inferno - Reviewed by MITCH MONTGOMERY

A captivating but cryptic solo adaptation of Dante's journey into perdition.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Pie-Face! The Adventures of Anita Bryant - Reviewed by PAUL MENARD

Clever ideas aren't enough to save this scattered solo show from being half-baked.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Remission - Reviewed by LEONARD JACOBS

An inventive if overlong take on schizophrenia told by a schizophrenic as if experiencing connected schizophrenic episodes.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑

Alchemist of Light - Reviewed by LISA JO SAGOLLA

A wearisome play about fantasy-film originator Georges Méliès.

SOURCE: Backstage at 5:58pm on May 25, 2015☆⚑