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Billy Crystal looks back at his longtime
Pacific Palisades home — and brings down the house
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2:22—A Ghost Story: Who’s Afraid of the Spectral Woolf
★★★☆☆ Two couples spend a scary evening together in Danny Robins' spooky tale
The Verge: A Portrait in Discontent
★★★☆☆ Fiasco Theater stages a rare revival of Susan Glaspell’s drama about a rebellious woman and her inexpressible desires
The Unbelievers: Drama Sometimes Tests Credulity
★★★☆☆ Nick Payne play, Knud Adams direction enhanced by Lauren Ambrose acting
We’ll See: Sitting Down to Dinner, Once Again, With Our Beloved Apple Family
★★★★★ Our contemporary Chekhov, Richard Nelson, returns with another up-to-the-minute Rhinebeck-set drama
We’ll See: Sweating Election Night with the Apples
★★★★☆ The thoughtful Hudson Valley family returns in Richard Nelson’s timely election-themed drama
Rope: Murders Most Foul
★★☆☆☆ Gordon Greenberg blandly reheats an old recipe in The New Group's premiere of a thriller made famous by Hitchcock
Waiting for Lefty: The Play Has Aged, the Injustice Has Not
★★★☆☆ In his first outing as director, stage veteran Steven Pasquale puts a musical stamp on Odets' classic drama
Waiting for Lefty: No, No, Odets!
★★☆☆☆ Steven Pasquale stages an agitprop drama with songs, dances, and a surprise appearance by the title guy
Critics’ Picks
The Heart: A Bold New Musical Chronicles a Life-or-Death Story
★★★★☆ Electronic music drives an exceptional musical about a major medical procedure
The Imaginary Invalid: Just What the Doctor Ordered
★★★★☆ Molière’s final play gets a lively, luxe-looking 90-minute adaptation by its star, Tony winner Bill Irwin
860: Billy Crystal Brings Down the House
★★★★★ Crystal is at his comedic best proving a lifetime of memories are fireproof.
Other Desert Cities: A Piercing Revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s Best Play
★★★★☆ John Benjamin Hickey directs a new Broadway version of the darkly funny family drama
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
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.