“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY”: *** A largely new cast, led by the redoubtable Estelle Parsons, has taken over in Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer prizewinner. But this eviscerating melodrama remains as gripping and funny as ever. Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200.
“BOEING-BOEING”: * Old-hat revival of old-hat French farce literally revolving around revolving air hostesses. Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St.; 212-239-6200.
“EQUUS”: *** Peter Shaffer’s 1973 psycho-sexual drama about a boy who blinds horses now stars a fiercely intense Daniel Radcliffe (a k a Harry Potter) as the damaged boy and Richard Griffiths as the psychiatrist who seeks to cure him. Now slightly dated, it retains much of its original power, as well as Potter in the altogether. Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th St. (212) 239-6200.
“SOUTH PACIFIC”: **** Some enchanted musical! Tony nominees Kelli O’Hara and Paulo Szot lead the superb cast. Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center; 212-239-6200.
“THE 39 STEPS”: *** A delightful, very English spoof of John Buchan’s 1915 spy-thriller and its subsequent 1935 Alfred Hitchcock movie. Cort Theatre, 138 W. 48th St.; 212-239-6200.
“A TALE OF TWO CITIES”: * 1/2 Jill Santoriellos’ book and banal lyrics cling closely to Dickens, almost as closely as her music is inspired by “Les Miz.” The only reasons to see it are Tony Waltons ingenious sets and a flat-out performance from a sensational James Barbour. Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 W. 45th St. (212) 239-6200
“[TITLE OF SHOW]”: (half a star) A pseudo new musical about people writing a musical about people writing a musical, it’s terminally cute, fey and smug to boot. Lyceum Theatre, 149 W. 45th St. 212-239-6200. Closes Oct. 12.
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“AVENUE Q”: *** John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200.
“CHICAGO”: **** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; 212-239-6200.
“GREASE”: * Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 W. 47th St.; 212-307-4100.
“GYPSY”: *** 1/2 St. James Theatre, 246 W. 44th St.; 212-239-6200.
“IN THE HEIGHTS”: ** 1/2 Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 W. 46th St.; 212-221-1211.
“HAIRSPRAY”: *** Neil Simon Theatre, 250 W. 52nd St.; 212-307-4100.
“JERSEY BOYS”: *** 1/2 The August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St.; 212-239-6200.
“LEGALLY BLONDE”: ** 1/2 Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway; 212-730-8200. Closes Oct. 19.
“THE LION KING”: *** Minskoff Theatre, 200 W. 45th St.; 212-307-4747.
“THE LITTLE MERMAID”: * Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.; 212-307-4747.
“MAMMA MIA!”: *** 1/2 Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway; 212-239-6200.
“MARY POPPINS”: **** New Amsterdam Theatre, 214 W. 42nd St.; 212-307-4747.
“THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”: **** Majestic Theatre, 247 W. 44th St.; 212-239-6200.
“SPAMALOT”: **** Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St.; 212-239-6200.
“SPRING AWAKENING”: **** Eugene O’Neill Theatre, 230 W. 49th St.; 212-239-6200.
“WICKED”: ** 1/2 Gershwin Theatre, 222 W. 51st St.; 212-307-4100.
“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: *** Hilton Theatre, 213 W. 42nd St.; 212-307-4100.