“BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?”: *** Moving musical revue featuring songs and stories of the Depression era. Triad Theatre, 158 W. 72nd St.; 212-352-3101. Closes June 14.
“DISTRACTED”: **½ Should bratty kids be medicated? Cynthia Nixon waffles, and so do we. Roundabout Company’s Laura Pels Theatre, 111 W. 46th St.; 212-719-1300. Closes May 17.
“THE GOOD NEGRO”: **½ Effective if talky play is a fictionalized account of the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.; 212-967- 7555. Closes Sunday.
“HUMOR ABUSE”: ***½ Lorenzo Pisoni’s entertaining one-man show about his circus childhood, with impressive examples of the art of clowning. New York City Center — Stage II, 131 W. 55th St.; 212-581-1212. Closes Sunday.
“KNIVES AND OTHER SHARP OBJECTS”: *** Raul Castillo’s richly complex play about Mexican sisters visiting their Americanized relatives in Texas. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.; 212-967-7555.
“KRAPP, 39”: *** Darkly funny and affecting solo piece takes its inspiration from Beckett’s classic “Krapp’s Last Tape.” Soho Playhouse, 15 Vandam St.; 212-691-1555. Closes May 31.
“THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES”: ** Silly musical revue with pop hits from the ’50s and ’60s. Westside Theatre, 407 W. 43rd St.; 212-239-6200.
“OUR TOWN”: **** Brilliantly staged version of Thornton Wilder’s classic. Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow St.; 212-868-4444.
“ROOMS: A ROCK ROMANCE”: *** Two-hander musical is a charming surprise. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; 212-239- 6200.
“RUINED”: ***½ Lynn Nottage’s searing drama about a businesswoman trying to survive amid the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. New York City Center Stage I, 131 W. 55th St.; 212-581-1212. Closes May 3.
“THE TOXIC AVENGER”: *** More fun than it should be, given its vulgar humor and cult-film roots. New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St.; 212-239-6200.
“WHY TORTURE IS WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THEM”: *** Christopher Durang’s funniest satire in years. Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St.; 212-539-8500. Closes May 5.