THEATER
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. The joint is jumpin', again: the jubilant Fats Waller songbook that won three 1978 Tony awards returns to Broadway with the original staging and cast, including Nell Carter.
KING LEAR. Ontario's Stratford Festival shows why it is the biggest repertory theater company in North America in this splendid staging. William Hutt excels as the timeworn king.
FRANKENSTEIN -- PLAYING WITH FIRE. The doctor tracks his doomed creation to the North Pole in a visually arresting, high-tech version, told in flashback, at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
MUSIC
KARLA BONOFF: NEW WORLD (Gold Castle). Ballads as personal and focused...