RECENTLY OPENED
SCHOOL GIRLS;
OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY
Jasmine Amy Rogers and Denée Benton star in
Jocelyn Bioh’s wildly funny comedy
Recently Opened
Anon: Two Americas, One Uneven Play
★★★☆☆ Anne Washburn's new play concerns a gay couple and the QAnon-addled woman living across the street.
Anon: A Storm of Conspiracies With More Sound Than Fury
★★★☆☆ MCC Theater's world premiere of Anne Washburn's latest play links the madness of Lear to the lunacy of QAnon.
A Ghost in Your Ear: Who Wants a Nice Piece of Halloween Candy?
★★★★☆ Jamie Armitage writes and stages a scary story designed for your ears alone
A Ghost in Your Ear: Horror to Hear as Well as See
★★★☆☆ An actor recording an audio book undergoes strange experiences in Jamie Armitage's sound-boosted thriller.
Good Time Charlie: How the Times and People Can Change
★★★☆☆ Ryan J. Haddad spins his latest show around his gay uncle and other mentors
Kramer/Fauci: Friendly Adversaries Tangle Over AIDS Progress
★★★★☆ Highly resourceful conceiver-director Daniel Fish gets theatrical again
Slam Frank: An Equal Opportunity Offender
★★★☆☆ The Jewish teen author/Holocaust victim gets an audacious 21st-century musical glow-up
The Hairy Ape: The First Zoo Story
★★★☆☆ Jon Beavers depicts a primitive man lost in the civilized world in Irish Rep’s revival of an early O’Neill classic
Critics’ Picks
Kramer/Fauci: Friendly Adversaries Tangle Over AIDS Progress
★★★★☆ Highly resourceful conceiver-director Daniel Fish gets theatrical again
School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play: Jasmine Amy Rogers and Denée Benton Battle It Out
★★★★☆ Whitney White directs a first-rate cast in Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy
The Ford/Hill Project: Provocative, Totally True, and Way Too Timely
★★★★☆ Two men and two women re-create, verbatim, two memorable and distressingly similar Senate judiciary committee hearings 27 years apart
Just in Time: Jeremy Jordan Will Be Your Bobby Darin From Now On
★★★★☆ Replacing Jonathan Groff, the Broadway veteran delivers a stellar turn in the musical that merits a repeat viewing.
Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Pure Theatrical Alchemy
★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star – Jennifer Nettles – serves up a killer new musical.
Oh, Mary!: Lincoln, Drinkin’ and Todd
★★★★☆ Cole Escola writes and stars in a Bizarro World version of Honest Abe's spouse as cabaret diva
Six: Long Live the Queens
★★★★★ Henry VIII’s wives get the royal treatment in this 80-minute musical celebration of girl power
Aladdin: Four Years On, A Fairy Tale For A Whole New World
★★★★☆ Long-Run Lookback: One of Disney's most enduring screen-to-stage confections remains among its most adult-friendly—and seems freshly relevant.