★★★★☆ Jasmine Amy Rogers, Denée Benton, and Patina Miller are among the stars of this Broadway production of Jocelyn Bioh’s acclaimed comedy
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How Shakespeare Saved My Life: Theater as Testimony
★★★☆☆ Jacob Ming-Trent’s one-man show relates how his love of the Bard rescued him from his troubled beginnings.
In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat: A Poetic Tribute
★★★★☆ Roger Guenveur Smith delivers a solo show about the famed artist whom he knew personally in the 1980s.
Paranormal Activity: Cheap But Potent Thrills
★★★★☆ Things go scarily bump in the night in the new stage thriller based on the hugely successful horror film franchise
An American Daughter: Wendy Wasserstein’s Play Shows Its Age
★★★☆☆ Jean Lichty plays the title role in this unevenly acted revival also featuring Montego Glover and Robert Sean Leonard
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.