*BROADWAY*

“BLITHE SPIRIT”:

**½ Angela Lansbury and Jayne Atkinson prevent director Michael Blakemore from completely smothering Noel Coward’s comedy. Shubert Theatre, 225 W. 44th St.; 212-239-6200.

“GOD OF CARNAGE”:

*** A quartet of ace actors sets Yasmina Reza’s play on fire. It’s gleeful, nasty fun. Bernard B. Jacobs, 242 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200.

“GUYS AND DOLLS”:

** Lauren Graham’s appealingly weird performance isn’t enough to keep audiences awake in this snoozy production. Nederlander Theatre, 208 W. 41st St.; 212-921-8000.

“HEDDA GABLER”:

** Seeing Mary-Louise Parker live is perhaps the only reason you’d head for this tin-eared Ibsen revival. American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St.; 212-719-1300. Closes Sunday.

“IMPRESSIONISM”:

* Even Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons can’t fire up this middle-brow bore. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200.

“SHREK: THE MUSICAL”:

*** Fun if overly faithful adaptation of the hit flick. Broadway Theatre, Broadway at 53rd Street; 212-239-6200.

“33 VARIATIONS”:

** Jane Fonda is paradoxically too strong to lift up a weak show. Eugene O’Neill Theatre, 230 W. 49th St.; 212-239-6200.

“WEST SIDE STORY”:

*** Some of director Arthur Laurents’ choices may be debatable, but you still shouldn’t miss the opportunity to see and hear this masterpiece live. Palace Theatre, 1564 Broadway; 212-307-4100.

*LONG-RUNNING*

“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY”:

*** Music Box Theatre, 239 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200.

“AVENUE Q”:

*** John Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6200.

“BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL”:

**** Imperial Theatre, 249 W. 45th St.; 212-239-6262.

“CHICAGO”:

**** Ambassador Theatre, 219 W. 49th St.; 212-239-6200.

“IN THE HEIGHTS”:

**½ Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 W. 46th St.; 212-221-1211.

“THE LITTLE MERMAID”:

* Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 W. 46th St.; 212-307-4747.

“JERSEY BOYS”:

***½ The August Wilson Theatre, 245 W. 52nd St.; 212-239-6200.

“THE LION KING”:

*** Minskoff Theatre, 200 W. 45th St.; 212-307-4747.

“THE 39 STEPS”:

*** Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 W. 44th St.; 212-239-6200.

“MAMMA MIA!”:

***½ 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.

“SOUTH PACIFIC”:

**** Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center; 212-239-6200.

“WICKED”:

*OFF-BROADWAY*

**½ Gershwin Theatre, 222 W. 51st St.; 212-307-4100.

“ARISTOCRATS”:

*** Faded fortunes of an Irish upper-class clan. Irish Repertory Theatre, 32 W. 22nd St.; 212-727-2737. Closes Sunday.

“BLOOD TYPE: RAGU”:

** Meandering one-person account of growing up Italian-American. Actors’ Playhouse, 100 Seventh Ave. South; 212-868-4444.

“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.

“GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS”:

***½ Martha Clarke’s dance-theater work inspired by the 1503 painting by Hieronymus Bosch. Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane; 212-307-4100. Closes Apr. 5.

“GATES OF GOLD”:

**½ Frank McGuiness’ play about a gay couple, one of whom is dying, loosely based on the founders of Dublin’s famed Gate Theatre. 59E59 Theaters, 59 E. 59th St.; 212-279-4200. Closes Sunday.

“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 April 19.

“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 April 19.

“INCIDENT AT VICHY”:

**½ Well-staged revival of Arthur Miller’s little-seen play about detainees awaiting their fate in German-occupied France. Beckett Theatre, 410 W. 42nd St.; 212-279-4200. Closes April 11.

“INKED BABY:”

* Surrogate motherhood and soil contamination are topics too big for young playwright Christina Anderson. Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St.; 212-279-4200. Closes April 5.

“LANSKY”:

** Mike Burstyn stars in this overly hagiographic one-man show about the notorious Jewish gangster. St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 W. 46th St.; 212-239-6200.

“LOVE/STORIES (OR BUT YOU WILL GET USED TO IT)”:

**½ An evening of short one-acts that would be even better if they were a little less self-reflective. Flea Theater, 41 White St.; 212- 352-3101. Closes Monday.

“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.

“RAMBO SOLO”:

*½ One-man show in which Zachary Oberzan relates in tedious detail the plot of, and his fascination for, the novel and movie “First Blood.” Soho Rep, 46 Walker St.; 212-253-3101. Closes April 12.

“ROOMS: A ROCK ROMANCE”:

*** This two-hander musical is a charming surprise, and gives “Rent” fans something to chew on. 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.

“SHPIEL! SHPIEL! SHPIEL!”:

**½ Uneven evening of one-act plays by Murray Schisgal (“Tootsie”), performed mostly in Yiddish (with English supertitles) by the venerable Folksbienne National Yiddish Theater. JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave.; 800-595-4849. Closes April 5.

“THE WIDOWING OF MRS. HOLROYD:”

***½ Little-known but powerful 1910 drama by D.H. Lawrence, based on the troubled relationship of his parents. Mint Theater Company, 311 W. 43rd St.; 212-315-0231. Closes April 5.

*POP, ROCK, FOLK*

BLIND PILOT:

The up-and-coming indie-pop duo from Portland, Maine, performs Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St.; 212-260-4700.

GLASVEGAS:

Go see why these anthemic Scottish rockers are suddenly gaining so much attention. Monday at 8 p.m. at Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St.; 212-353-1600.

*JAZZ*

BLUE NOTE:

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band plays New Orleans-style jazz Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 and 10:30 p.m. at 131 W. Third St.; 212-475-8592.

IRIDIUM:

Guitarist Larry Coryell and Hammond organ player Joey DeFrancesco lead a jazz fusion ensemble through Sunday at 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. 1650 Broadway; 212-582-2121.