★★★☆☆ A cool though cryptic musical considers Hildegard von Bingen
The Mountains Look Different: No, They Really Look Rather Flat
★★☆☆☆ A rural Irish melodrama of 1948 vintage needs more magic to thrive
Fairview: A Shape-Shifting Study In Black and White Perceptions
★★★★☆ Jackie Sibblies Drury’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama reopens in a larger theater
Handbagged: Unpacking British History
★★★☆☆ Tea and scant sympathy are shared by Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher
Long Lost: Blah Blah Black Sheep
★★☆☆☆ The eminent Donald Margulies delivers a tedious effort at Manhattan Theatre Club
Little Women: Time Marches On for Louisa May Alcott’s Characters
★★★☆☆ Kate Hamill’s modern take on a Victorian classic is not as radical as it seems
Dying City: Puzzling Out a Significant Mystery About Love and War
★★★☆☆ Christopher Shinn directs the Second Stage revival of his Pulitzer-nominated drama
Underground Railroad Game: Unorthodox and Provocative Classroom Studies
★★★★☆ Race and sex are smartly studied in a delightfully adventurous play
Something Clean: A Woman Wounded By a Crime She Did Not Commit
★★★☆☆ Kathryn Erbe anchors Selina Fillinger’s earnest new drama about a sex crime
Continuity: A Lighter Look at Making a Movie Changes into Darker Realities
★★★☆☆ Rachel Chavkin of Hadestown fame directs a slight yet thoughtful comedy by Bess Wohl