Theater: New and Noteworthy

Anna

(EgoPo Classic Theatre). An adaptation of Tolstoy's

Anna Karenina

, as done by a traveling show. Wednesday through April 16.

The Broken Heart (Quintessence Theatre Group). John Ford wrote this sneakily devastating tragedy in the generation after Shakespeare. Rarely done, worth seeing. Wednesday through April 22.

Hand to God (Philadelphia Theatre Company). A boy meets a puppet at a church event, and their relationship takes crazy directions. Friday through April 30.

I and You (People's Light). Two very different people are brought together by a paper on Walt Whitman. Wednesday through April 23.

My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy (Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope). One man's twisty-turny road to creative fulfillment. Through April 9.

Parrot Talk (Da Vinci Art Alliance). A show about dying on the way to the grocery store. Friday through Sunday.

The Prisoner of Zenda (Hedgerow Theatre). The wildly popular play (from the wildly popular book), with kidnapping, forbidden love, and self-sacrifice. Thursday through April 30.

Road Show (11th Hour Theatre Company/Christ Church Neighborhood House). Sondheim's musical about two brothers criss-crossing the early-

20th-century United States. Friday through Sunday.

Skippyjon Jones (Walnut Street Theatre). Family show about a kitten with big ears and bigger dreams. Friday through April 22.

Spamalot (Resident Theatre Company, Chester). New theater, new company, tromping knights being very silly. Saturday through April 16.

Reviewed by Tirdad Derakhshani (T.D.), David Patrick Stearns (D.P.S.), and John Timpane (J.T.).

Adapt! (Wilma Theater). Blanka Zizka's surrealist play of a young woman in 1977 Czechoslovakia, seeking a way out. Through April 22.

Coriolanus (Lantern Theater). Shakespeare's beautiful, noble, thorny last Roman play. A fine production: Tina Packer shines as Volumnia. Through April 16. - T.D.

The Importance of Being Earnest (Walnut Street Theatre). One of the wittiest plays ever written, ever-fresh. Through April 30.

Ironbound (Simpatico Theatre). A 20-year journey in search of the American Dream. Potentially powerful, but doesn't hold together, despite a fine performance by Julianna Zinkel. Ends next Sunday. - T.D.

Jesus Christ Superstar (Bristol Riverside Theatre). The last week of the life of Jesus, with Judas as chorus. Through April 16.

John and Jen (Eagle Theatre, Hammonton, N.J.). Brother and sister, mother and child, 1950-90. Well-sung and moving. Through April 9. - J.T.

The King and I (Academy of Music). A teacher, a king, and The Small House of Uncle Thomas. Faithful rendition, eschewing cheap glitz, with fine performances. Ends next Sunday. - D.P.S.

Love's Labour's Lost (Quintessence Theatre Group). A king and his entourage swear off women for three years. Sure they do. Through April 21.

The Lyons (Isis/Walnut Street Theatre Studio 5). A family gathers around a dying father and spouse for stories, jokes, and barbs. Uneven, but full of laughs. Ends next Sunday . - T.D.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Arden Theatre). A dressed-down, steampunk version of Shakespeare's comedy about love and magic. Energetic, funny. Through April 13. - J.T.

Miracle in Rwanda (Passage Theatre, Trenton). Leslie Lewis' one-woman show on genocide and resilience. Ends Sunday.

Murder on the Orient Express (McCarter Theatre, Princeton). Agatha Christie, Emily Mann, and a train. Lithe, glittering entertainment, with a kernel of dread. Ends next Sunday. - J.T.

Side Show (Media Theatre). Conjoined twins join the circus and see the world. Ends Sunday.

Tomfoolery (Act II Playhouse, Ambler). A revue of the great corpus of humorist Tom Lehrer. A rollicking, sunny, cynical 70 minutes. Ends next Sunday. - J.T.

You for Me for You (InterAct Theatre Company). Two North Korean sisters, and the plight of the refugee. Through April 16.