4 out of 5 stars

If the title didn't clue you in, "André De Shields is Tartuffe" signals its wondrously audacious makeover of Molière's Baroque satire by seating you in a 16th-century, wood-paneled library as performers belt modern pop songs. The company's comic style accelerates gleefully -- and forcefully -- from farce to camp, and soon De Shields' swaggering religious fraudster grandly enters singing Nina Simone's bluesy "Feeling Good." The stage legend devilishly lives up to his billing, while Amber Iman delights as his object of irreverent desire. Under Keaton Wooden's direction, Ranjit Bolt's bawdy, era-mixing 2002 translation both respects and brashly updates the spirit of Molière. 4 out of 5 stars. — Adam Z. Horvath

At the House of the Redeemer, a landmarked Upper East Side mansion, through Nov. 23, 2025; tartuffenyc.com. (Review date: Oct. 24, 2025)