★★★☆☆ The Samm-Art Williams play receives its first Broadway revival, directed by Kenny Leon.
Breaking the Story: War is Hell, and So is Remembering It
★★★☆☆ Maggie Siff plays a former war correspondent suffering from PTSD in Alexis Scheer’s play receiving its world premiere at Second Stage.
All of Me: A Technologically Assisted Rom-Com
★★★★☆ Laura Winters’ play depicts the charming courtship between two disabled characters who use text-to-speech technology to communicate.
Laura Benanti, Nobody Cares: A Virtuosic Evening of Comedic Embarrassment
★★★★☆ The veteran Broadway performer delivers an evening of self-deprecating humor and original musical material.
Mother Play: A Memory Play, Plus Cockroaches
★★★☆☆ Jessica Lange, Celia Keenan-Bolger, and Jim Parsons star in the world premiere of Paula Vogel’s comedy-drama depicting the lives of a mother and her two children over the course of decades.
Mary Jane: Rachel McAdams, Suffering with a Smile
★★★★☆ The movie star makes her Broadway debut in Amy Herzog’s award-winning drama about a mother caring for a seriously ill child.
Patriots: Russian History Rendered with Shakespearean Theatricality
★★★★☆ Michael Stuhlbarg and Will Keen star in Peter Morgan’s drama about the war of wills between a Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin.
Cabaret: Come for the Pre-Show, and Oh, There’s Also the Musical
★★★★☆ Eddie Redmayne plays the Emcee in this Broadway transfer of the heralded, immersive London production.
Still: Love in the Age of Polarization
★★★★☆ Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson play former lovers whose reunion after many years soon turns fraught in Lia Romeo’s intimate comedy-drama.
The Outsiders: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
★★★☆☆ The classic YA novel, previously made into a hit 1983 film, has been unconvincingly adapted as a Broadway musical.