It’s Opening: Ivoryton’s holiday show, God Bless Us, Everyone! opens this weekend, it imagines Playhouse cred members trapped at the theater by a snowstorm and spending the holiday together with the ghosts of the Playhouse who return to present A Christmas Carol. Contact IvorytonPlayhouse.org for tickets. It runs through Sunday, Dec. 15.

Greek Myth: Metamorphoses, Mary Zimmerman’s play based on the myths of Ovid, is the next student production at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. It’s described as a “whimsical meditation on the perils of being human – from the ordinary to the unimaginable - charged by the transformative power of love.” It runs from Saturday, Nov. 16, to Friday, Nov. 22. Tickets are available at Darma.Yale.edu/productions.

Tony Award Winner: Dear Evan Hansen, the Tony-winning musical, stops at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven from Friday, Nov. 22 to Sunday, Nov. 24. The non-Equity tour began in Texas in September. The musical, written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is about a high school student who becomes entangled in a lie. For tickets, visit Shubert.com.

Plan Ahead: The popular musical The Addams Family is coming to Waterbury’s Palace Theatre on Jan. 17 and 18. Tickets are now on sale; contact PalaceTheatreCT.org.

Casting Announced: Long Wharf Theatre has announced the cast for its upcoming production of She Loves Me, which will be performed at The Lab at ConnCORP in Hamden. Julius Thomas III (Hamilton) and Alicia Kaori (Sweeney Todd) will play the leading roles. It is directed by Artistic Director Jacob G. Padrón; the show features new orchestrations and a four-piece ensemble. It runs from Saturday, Nov. 30 through Sunday, Dec. 15.

Broadway News: Two London imports recently opened on Broadway, each to mixed reviews. The stark reimagining of Sunset Boulevard, with no set or costumes and lots of blood, received raves and mixed reviews. Audience members at some shows I’ve attended on Broadway made many negative comments about the extensive use of video, among other things. The star, Nicole Scherzinger, got excellent notices. A new production of Romeo & Juliet aimed at the TikTok generation received mainly so-so to negative reviews. The production eliminates characters (Romeo’s parents, for example) and reduces the Shakespearean prose.

Our Town: The Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, directed by Kenny Leon and featuring an all-star cast, is a clear-headed, unsentimental take on this classic play, which too often is performed like a Hallmark movie. Jim Parson’s Stage Manager sets the tone for the production, which keeps the early 1900s setting but makes it all seem modern. Richard Thomas, Katie Holmes, and many other fine Broadway performers will break your heart. Go see it.

Left on Tenth: This new play by Delia Ephron features terrific performances by Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher, as well as two supporting actors who play multiple roles. The semi-autobiographical play isn’t quite sure if it wants to be a rom-com or a play about survival. I left the theater having enjoyed myself, but I would be hard-pressed to encourage audiences to pay Broadway prices. It would be worthwhile with a discount, which I am sure is available.

A Controversy Over Content: The Connell Theatre, an off-Broadway theater that many smaller companies lease, has shut down for now. The reason? The theater is owned by the Catholic Diocese of NYC. After many years of hosting all sorts of productions, the Archbishop’s office announced that it would not approve productions whose content or themes were deemed inappropriate by the church. These include themes dealing with reproductive rights, trans characters, and gender issues.

Karen Isaacs is an East Haven resident.  To check out her reviews for New York and Connecticut shows, visit 2ontheaisle.wordpress.com. She’s a member of the Connecticut Critics Circle, New York’s Outer Critics Circle, the League of Professional Theater Women, and the American Theatre Critics Association.