★★★★☆ A fine ensemble cast serves Peter Gil-Sheridan’s study of a successful man trying, against all odds, to make a difference
The Daughter-in-Law: Early D.H. Lawrence Revived Again, in Mint Condition
★★★★☆ Martin Platt once again helms a bracing revival of the socially and emotionally charged play
Wolf Play: Surviving on Animal Instincts
★★★★★ In Hansol Jung’s heartbreaking play, an adopted boy assumes a lupine identity while trying to find a place to call home
MJ: The Man in the Mire
★★★☆☆ Lynn Nottage and Christopher Wheeldon tackle Michael Jackson’s troubling life and transcendent art
Prayer for the French Republic: Old Hatred and Enduring Hope
★★★★★ Joshua Harmon’s latest play movingly, fearlessly explores anti-Semitism, past and present
The Hang: Prepare Ye the Way of Socrates
★★★★☆ Taylor Mac’s latest work is a jazz-infused opera tracing the trial and death of philosophy’s founding father
Whisper House: Not-So-Blithe Spirits
★★★☆☆ Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow’s ghost story finally arrives in New York
Flying Over Sunset: A Long, Strange, Beautiful Trip
★★★★☆ A new musical by James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie finds icons bonding, with a little help from LSD
Company: That Invincible Bunch, Reconsidered
★★★★☆ Marianne Elliott’s acclaimed modern spin on the Stephen Sondheim/George Furth classic arrives in New York
Trouble in Mind: A Delayed Debut, Still Fresh and Troubling
★★★★☆ Alice Childress’s biting play-within-a-play finally arrives on Broadway, more than sixty years after its premiere