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Not all of Tennessee Williams’s unpublished or forgotten playlets deserve staging. Five by Tenn comprises four of the former and one of the latter.

Matthew Broderick goes nonnative in the fishing farce The Foreigner.

Russian Jews bring bananas and banality to Texas, in a hypothetically heartwarming musical dud.

Twelve Angry Men is headed for the canon, thanks to a subtle script and actors who know nuance.

The latest pop musical embodies today’s Broadway: flashy, splashy, and contraindicated for those over 60.

A revue of Sondheim tunes, both famous and obscure; a bouncy Mary-Louise Parker in Reckless; an annoying Othello; and Peter Dinklage as Richard III.

The race-switching farce White Chocolate is surprisingly tasty; Last Easter and Nine Parts of Desire are chock-full of annoying faux poetry.

Paula Vogel’s elderly prostitutes talk too fancy, String of Pearls falls apart, and Hedda Gabler is crazy. But Kitty Carlisle Hart’s a fabulous old dame.

A gory, all-male Shakespeare production slices and dices three plays, with mixed results; Tina Howe’s translation of Ionesco is half full.

Guantánamo�a documentary dramatization of government abuse�is static, earnest, and beautifully performed. Plus: A miscast Susannah York.