★★★★☆ Blair Brown, Edie Falco, and Marin Ireland play mother, daughter, granddaughter, and many more in an affecting new drama
Fairycakes: Undercooked Shakespeare-Meets-Disney Concoction
★★☆☆☆ The new play from fairytale-loving Douglas Carter Beane lacks the magic touch
Autumn Royal: An Earthbound Play About Homebound Siblings
★★★☆☆ Irish siblings bicker and banter in an amusing but unremarkable black comedy
Dana H.: Deirdre O’Connell Triumphs in a Survivor Story
★★★★☆ Lucas Hnath’s 75-minute docudrama uses his mother’s experience—and her voice—to tell her terrifying story
Letters of Suresh: An Ode to an All-But-Forgotten Art Form
★★★☆☆ Rajiv Joseph’s new play explores the confessional power of the pen and paper
Is This A Room: Reality Winner Speaks Her Truth
★★★★☆ The FBI interrogation of an unlikely whistleblower yields a powerful docudrama
Six: Long Live the Queens
★★★★★ Henry VIII’s wives get the royal treatment in this 80-minute musical celebration of girl power
A Commercial Jingle for Regina Comet: Looking for “One Hit Song”
★★★☆☆ Bryonha Marie Parham shines as a pop star searching for a comeback in this showbiz-centered musical
Merry Wives: A Giddy Modern-Day Take on a Lesser Shakespeare
★★★★☆ Jocelyn Bioh’s smart Harlem-set spin on Shakespeare is the joyous kick we all need right now
Seven Deadly Sins: There’s No Harm In Watching
★★★★☆ That former den of iniquity, the Meatpacking District, plays host to a sin-inspired evening