1 out of 5 stars

Perhaps in Australia there’s ongoing fascination with the Vietnam War. How else to explain the existence of “Rolling Thunder,” the Aussie-created show about the deadly conflict. But now that the jukebox musical, featuring songs from the wartime era (Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, etc.), has come to Off Broadway, it’s hard to see the point of the endeavor: At best, it’s a clunky history lesson that offers no new perspective on the war. At worst, it’s simply bad theater – a cliché-ridden affair, staged in an uninspired concert-style format, that features performers who try too hard to enliven the banal material. — Charles Passy

At New World Stages, through Sept. 7, 2025; rollingthunderus.com. (Review date: July 25, 2025)