★★★☆☆ Jean Lichty plays the title role in this unevenly acted revival also featuring Montego Glover and Robert Sean Leonard
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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.
Broad Strokes: The Funny Side of a Near-Death Experience
★★★★☆ Cat Cohen delivers a hilarious evening of jokes and songs about her major health crisis.
The Gin Game: Debra Winger and Arliss Howard Deliver a Winning Hand
★★★★☆ The two stars appear in an unusually intimate production of D.L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize winner.
The Whoopi Monologues: Five Whoopis Are Less Than One
★★★☆☆ Five stellar actresses perform Whoopi Goldberg’s award-winning one-person show in this Lincoln Center Theater reimagining
Birthright: Political and Personal Issues Intersect to Powerful Effect
★★★★☆ The new play by Jonathan Spector (“Eureka Day”) depicts the reunions over two decades of a group of friends who met on a Birthright trip to Israel.
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been: History Repeating
★★★★☆ A rotating ensemble of estimable performers appear in Eric Bentley’s powerful verbatim drama about the HUAC hearings.
Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium: Wilder Lost and Found
★★★☆☆ CSC presents the NYC premiere of an unfinished play by the Pulitzer-winning author of “Our Town”
What Happened Was and New Born: A Showcase for Fine Actors at the Minetta Lane
The two works, running in repertory, feature performers of the caliber of Hugh Jackman, Cecily Strong, Corey Stoll, and Sepideh Moafi
The Receptionist: A Drama That Puts You on Hold
★★★☆☆ Katie Finneran stars in Second Stage’s revival of Adam Bock’s disturbing 2007 drama.