★★★☆☆ 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
Octet: How Modern Technology Makes Us Mad, In Exuberant Song
★★★★☆ Dave Malloy delivers a powerful new musical that’s too thoughtful for Broadway
Happy Talk: A Misleading Lady Enjoys Her Role of a Lifetime
★★★☆☆ Susan Sarandon depicts a matchmaker whose intentions may not be so kosher
Proof of Love: A Classy Lady Speaks to Classism in African-American Life
★★★☆☆ Brenda Pressley coolly portrays a woman of quality in a life or death dilemma
Around the World in 80 Days: Whirlwind Entertainment and Laughter for All
★★★★★ An inventive version of Jules Verne’s classic visits the New Victory Theater
BLKS: A Madly Expressive Night Out With Some Messy Millennials
★★★★☆ Newcomer playwright Aziza Barnes delivers an audacious comedy at MCC Theater