Elysa Gardner

★★★★☆ Tony Kushner’s first produced play gets an update, and a stellar cast, in a new Public Theater production

★★★★☆ Playwright Will Eno and director Kenny Leon find meaning, and commonality, in life’s little moments

★★★★☆ A new musical (based on the novel) casts the iconic genius as a romantic lead

★★★★☆ Maia Reficco and a sublime Solea Pfeiffer divide the role of the historical diva in a sparkling new production

★★★☆☆ A new musical examines decades of injustice, and hope, through the eyes of a father and daughter

★★★☆☆ Kathleen Chalfant turns in a luminous performance as Emily Dickinson’s editor in a new play by Rebecca Gilman

★★★★☆ Deb Margolin’s beautifully crafted, powerfully acted reflection on greed and guilt and the crime of the 21st century returns

★★★★☆ Harvey Fierstein remembers, and plays, “Battling Bella” Abzug

★★☆☆☆ In a new musical, an aspiring rocker takes us to Heaven and Hell—and tries to upstage Gary Busey