Michael Sommers

February 6, 2018 8:00 pm

In the Body of the World: Eve Ensler’s Fearless Cancer Monologue

★★★★☆ Vagina Monologuist Ensler delivers a smart, harrowing, humorous new piece that will inspire anyone confronted by serious illness.

★★★★☆ Marisa Tomei heads The New Group’s smart staging of Jessica Goldberg’s drama

★★★☆☆ Marisa Tomei and Arliss Howard star in Jessica Goldberg's play about a cultural reckoning.

★★★★☆ John Gallagher Jr. and Stark Sands are among the stars of this musical featuring songs from The Avett Brothers catalogue.

★★★☆☆ Talent, taste, and Avett Brothers sea-chanties serve a grim morality tale that doesn't quite stay afloat

★★★★★ For her farewell as Encores! artistic director, future Lincoln Center AD Lear deBessonet goes out on a high note

★★★★☆ Anthony Edwards and Susannah Flood in Meghan Kennedy's forceful new play, directed by David Cromer

★★★★☆ Playwright David Henry Hwang gives main-character energy in a self-deprecating stage mockumentary

★★★★★ Laura Donnelly stars in a time-hopping play about a musical family that hits all the right notes

★★★★☆ Another Encores! musical comedy winner takes up residence on Broadway

★★★★☆ Cole Escola writes and stars in a Bizarro World version of Honest Abe's spouse as cabaret diva