“A FEMININE ENDING”: ** ½ This darkly comic play about a young woman coping with her parents’ breakup has a dark wit that partially compensates for its preciousness. Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St.; (212) 279-4200. Closes Sunday.
“ALTAR BOYZ”: *** Musical spoof of Christian-pop boy bands is entertaining despite one-joke premise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (877) 226-9941.
“THE AWESOME ’80s PROM”: Kitschy ode to the ’80s production where the audience dresses the part. Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St.; (212) 352-3101.
“BLACK WATCH”: *** ½ A highly visceral and theatrical production from the National Theatre of Scotland about the Black Watch military regiment in Iraq. St. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 Water St., Brooklyn; (718) 254-8779. Closes Sunday.
“CELIA”: ** Bio-musical about Celia Cruz is best appreciated for its stirring musical numbers. New World Stages, 343 W. 49th St.; (212) 239-6200. Closes Nov. 18.
“DIE MOMMIE DIE!”: ** ½ Charles Busch returns to his camp roots in his play about a fading movie star with murder on her mind. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (212) 239-6200. Closes Feb. 17.
“THE FANTASTICKS”: ** Premature and charmless revival. Snapple Theater Center, 1627 Broadway; (212) 307-4100.
“FLANAGAN’S WAKE”: ** ½ This latest example of interactive theater puts you among the boisterous mourners at an Irish wake. A pint of Guinness comes with the ticket price. SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam St.; (212) 691-1555.
“FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: RUDE AWAKENING”: *** The 25th-anniversary edition of Gerard Alessandrini’s hilarious musical revue spoofs such recent shows as “Spring Awakening,” “Grey Gardens” and “The Coast of Utopia.” 47th Street Theatre, 304 W. 47th St.; (212) 239-6200.
“FUERZABRUTA”: *** Multimedia extravaganza from the creators of “De La Guarda” features numerous dazzling acrobatic, aerial and aquatic theatrical set pieces. Daryl Roth Theatre, 101 E. 15th St.; (212) 375-1110.
“THE GLORIOUS ONES”: ** ½ This new backstage musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty about a 16th-century Italian commedia dell’arte troupe suffers from a skimpy plot and an overload of songs and sketches. Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, 150 W. 65th St.; (212) 362-7600. Closes Jan. 6.
“GONE MISSING:” *** A unique melding of documentary and experimental theater that makes up for its occasional lapses with lots of sly humor. Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow St.; (212) 239-6200. Closes Jan. 6.
“HAMLET”: ** The Wooster Group’s take on Shakespeare’s classic, using the 1964 Richard Burton filmed version as a ghostly inspiration. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette, St.; (212) 539-8500. Closes Dec. 2.
“HOODOO LOVE”: Katori Hall’s atmospheric drama set in 1930’s Memphis. Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce St.; (212) 989-2020. Closes Dec. 8.
“JUMP”: ** This Korean show combining acrobatic martial arts stunts with slaptstick comedy feels like a collection of outtakes from a Jackie Chan movie. Union Square Theatre, 100 E. 17th St.; (212) 307-4100.
“THE MISANTHROPE”: ** Iconoclastic director Ivo Van Hove’s staging of Moliere’s classic features plenty of modernistic and avant-garde flourishes to less than successful effect. New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E. Fourth St.; (212) 780-9037. Closes Sunday.
“MY FIRST TIME”: ** Four performers deliver a rapid-fire montage of stories and facts culled from a Web site documenting people’s first sexual experiences. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; (212) 239-6200.
“MY MOTHER’S ITALIAN, MY FATHER’S JEWISH, & I’M IN THERAPY”:**½ Steve Solomon’s solo comedy show recycles familiar themes and jokes, but he makes them go down easy. Westside Theatre, 407 W. 43rd St.; (212) 239-6200.
“OHIO STATE MURDERS”: ** ½ Adrienne Kennedy’s fragmentary memory play has its affecting moments, but suffers from a surfeit of explanation. The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 W. 42nd St.; (646) 223-3042. Closes Nov. 18.
“THE OVERWHELMING”: *** The American premiere of a powerful drama, originally seen at London’s National Theatre, about an American family’s experiences in Rwanda shortly before and during the 1994 genocide. Laura Pels Theatre, 111 W. 46th St.; (212) 719-1300. Closes Dec. 23.
“THE QUANTUM EYE”: ** ½ An evening of highly impressive mentalism, unfortunately performed by Sam Eaton without much flair. Fridays at Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam St., (212) 691-1555.
“THE RECEPTIONIST”: ** ½ Adam Bock’s menacing, brief drama about a corporate office that is not quite what it seems plays like ersatz Pinter. City Center Stage I, 131 W. 55th St.; (212) 581-1212. Through Dec. 23.
“THE SENSUOUS WOMAN”: ** Margaret Cho hosts an evening of raunchy burlesque as filtered through a gender-bending sensibility. Zipper Factory, 336 W. 37th St.; (866) 811-4111. Closes Nov. 17.
“SPAIN”: ** This would-be whimsical comedy about a recently separated woman (Annabella Sciorra) and her relationship with a 16th-century Spanish conquistador suffers from serious tonal imbalance. Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher St.; (212) 279-4200. Closes Nov. 17.
“SPEECH & DEBATE”: ** The inaugural effort in the new “Roundabout Underground” series of new plays is a portrait of three misfit teens linked by a mayoral sex scandal. Black Box Theatre at Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 W. 46th St.; (212) 719-1300. Closes Dec. 16.
“THINGS WE WANT”: ** A fine cast is wasted under Ethan Hawke’s direction in this unconvincing comedy/drama about three brothers dealing with bitter personal issues. Acorn Theater, 410 W. 42nd St.; (212) 279-4200. Closes Dec. 15.
“THREE MO’ TENORS” *** A rotating cast of six African-American singers deliver an enjoyably varied musical. Little Shubert Theater, 422 W. 42nd St.; (212) 239-6200.
“TINGS DEY HAPPEN”: * ½ Tings dey not so interesting in Dan Hoyle’s one-man show about the politics of oil in Nigeria. Culture Project, 55 Mercer St.; (212) 352-3101. Closes Dec. 22.
“WALMARTOPIA! THE MUSICAL”: * Witless, amateurish musical satirizing the retailing behemoth. Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane; (212) 307-4100.