★★★★☆ The author of ‘Hurt Village’ and ‘The Mountaintop’ spreads her wings with a serious relationship- and family-focused drama
We’re Gonna Die: But First Let’s Sing
★★★★☆ Young Jean Lee’s show about death will send you off with a smile on your face
Cambodian Rock Band: Discovering Melody and Meaning in Tragedy
★★★★☆ Lauren Yee’s play finally gets its New York premiere and a rockin’ production at the Signature Theatre
Mack & Mabel: This One’s for Jerry
★★★★☆ Brushed off and spiffed up, the cult favorite 1974 musical finally gets the Encores! treatment
The Sabbath Girl: A Cute but Clichéd Cross-Cultural Rom-Com
★★★☆☆ Cary Gitter’s comedy centers on an Italian-American woman and an Orthodox Jewish knish maker in New York City
Hamlet: The Star’s the Thing
★★★☆☆ Oscar nominee Ruth Negga makes a stellar New York stage debut in a somewhat tedious staging of Shakespeare’s soliloquy-heavy tragedy
Next to Normal: It’s Gonna Be Good
★★★★★ Director Michael Greif brings the musical to D.C. for a brief but intensely emotional run starring Rachel Bay Jones
Grand Horizons: The Kids Aren’t Alright
★★★★☆ Bess Wohl gets big laughs from a long-married couple, their potential divorce, and their flabbergasted adult children
Timon of Athens: From Riches to Rags, With a Twist
★★★★☆ Shakespeare’s rarely produced tale of a big-hearted spendthrift gets a powerful production with a first-rate female Timon
My Name Is Lucy Barton: Maternal Affairs
★★★★☆ Laura Linney shines in this Richard Eyre–directed one-woman show about the unbreakable, intricate mother-daughter bond