★★★★☆ The collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of capitalism prove excellent fodder for Lauren Yee’s sharp new play
Bernardo
High Spirits: Death Becomes Them
★★★★☆ Sip and savor (but don’t think too hard about) this 1964 musicalization of Noël Coward’s famous 1941 farce
The Disappear: Art Isn’t Easy
★★★☆☆ Erica Schmidt’s world premiere dramedy skewers a self-absorbed filmmaker and the people who love him
Anna Christie: The Sea-Themed Drama Docks at the Brooklyn Waterfront
★★★☆☆ Michelle Williams plays a hooker with a heart of coal in Eugene O’Neill’s 1921 drama
Marjorie Prime: A Very Real Exploration of Memory and Loss, Powered by AI
★★★★★ A superb cast of four anchors Jordan Harrison’s future-set drama
Gruesome Playground Injuries: Not All Wounds Are On the Outside
★★★★☆ Nicholas Braun and Kara Young play childhood friends reckoning with a lifetime of hurt
Chess: Thank You for the Music
★★★★☆ The cult musical’s Broadway revival highlights its addictive ABBA melodies and lively Tim Rice lyrics
Oedipus: All About My Mother
★★★★☆ Lesley Manville and Mark Strong have disturbingly good chemistry as theater’s most famous twice-related couple
Richard II: Michael Urie Plays Shakespeare’s Materialistic, Superficial King
★★★☆☆ Red Bull Theater sets the Bard’s first Henriad play in the decade of decadence
Liberation: This Is How We Change the World
★★★★★ Bess Wohl takes inspiration from her mother’s life for her clever, decade-jumping memory play