★★★★☆ Ntozake Shange’s 1976 choreopoem receives an inspired revival at the Public Theater, where its poetry first flowed
Bella Bella: Hats Off to Harvey Fierstein’s Abzug Homage
★★★★☆ Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein channels Battling Bella Abzug in his history-packed new one-person show
Little Shop of Horrors: A Bloody Good Time
★★★★☆ The beloved 1982 musical returns to its off-Broadway roots. Just don’t feed the plants!
The Rose Tattoo: Love Ain’t Sweeter the Second Time Around
★★☆☆☆ The new Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ ode to amore is a bottle of Asti Spumante that’s lost its fizz
Linda Vista: A View From the Bottom
★★★☆☆ Tracy Letts pens a startlingly accurate, if tough to swallow, portrait of “middle-aged desperation”
Slave Play: Provocative, Poetic, and Disquieting
★★★★☆ Jeremy O. Harris’ phenomenally daring, disruptive drama is the polar opposite of theatrical comfort food
Freestyle Love Supreme: Hip-Hop Don’t Stop
★★★★☆ Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale’s improv phenomenon conquers Broadway
Dublin Carol: Whiskey on the Rocks
★★★☆☆ Irish Rep stages a too-grim revival of one of Conor McPherson’s grimmest plays
The Height of the Storm: Cloudy Skies Ahead
★★★☆☆ Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins are entrancing as husband and wife in Florian Zeller’s going-gently-into-that-good-night drama
Fern Hill: Trouble Down on the Farm
★★☆☆☆ Come for actors John Glover and Mark Linn-Baker; leave with playwright Michael Tucker’s recipe for spaghetti with clam sauce