Review: New Kids on the Block concert translates to The Donnie Wahlberg Show

The Donnie Wahlberg Show came to town on Wednesday night.

Of course, that’s not what they’re officially calling it. Technically speaking, the entity is still known as New Kids on the Block (NKOTB). Yet, for all intents and purposes, they might as well change it and get Wahlberg’s name right out front on the marquee and list the rest of the crew as his backing band.

In keeping with the trajectory that has been going on at least since the band reunited in 2008, the 54-year-old Wahlberg...