★★★★☆ The Oscar-winning short film becomes a buoyant musical, in which Diana Ross looms large
Caroline, or Change: Of Despair and Hope, and Singing Washing Machines
★★★★☆ A London-based revival showcases the emotional range of the Tony Kushner/Jeanine Tesori musical
The Fever: Wallace Shawn Wags His Finger, Again
★★★☆☆ Lili Taylor plays Shawn’s tortured traveler in a revival of the Obie Award-winning play
Sanctuary City: Home Is Where the Hurt Is
★★★★★ Young immigrants search for love and belonging, under duress, in Martyna Majok’s shattering new play
What Happened? The Michaels Abroad: From Richard Nelson, More Food for the Soul
★★★★★ The playwright and director completes his Rhinebeck Panorama with a typically nourishing, and trenchant, work.
Blindness: Light, Flickering, at the End of a Tunnel
★★★★☆ Simon Stephens’s stark, lyrical adaptation of the novel arrives in New York, for socially distanced audiences
Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!: Silver Bells and Sequins, Tidings of Dysfunction and Joy
★★★★☆ The restless multihyphenate revisits the season, virtually
Shipwreck: On Trump, Race, Privilege, Friendship and Other Vexing Matters
★★★★☆ Anne Washburn and direct Saheem Ali mix the fantastical with the naturalistic in an audio version of this “History Play About 2017”
What Do We Need to Talk About?: Apple Tart for the Soul
Nelson’s Apple Family returns, virtually, to engage and comfort deprived theater fans
Intermission Talk: How Broadway Singing Fell Prey to Pop Music’s Excesses, and Why There’s Hope
On keeping singing in musical theater about storytelling, rather than showboating