★★★★★ For her farewell as Encores! artistic director, future Lincoln Center AD Lear deBessonet goes out on a high note
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Bad Kreyòl: Haitian American Dominique Morisseau’s Very Personal Drama
★★★★☆ The playwright returns to her roots and honors her family in a dynamic new work
Romeo + Juliet: Shakespeare for the TikTok Generation
★★★☆☆ Sam Gold gives the tragedy a Gen Z makeover, complete with a pop music, plushies, and two popular young stars
Left On Tenth: Delia Ephron’s Memoir Gets Lost in Translation
★★★☆☆ Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher headline this true story of second chances
Yellow Face: Laugh, Reflect, Repeat
★★★★☆ Playwright David Henry Hwang gives main-character energy in a self-deprecating stage mockumentary
Good Bones: James Ijames’ Urban Renewal Project
★★★★☆ Saheem Ali directs a one-acter that only scratches the surface of the gentrification debate
The Hills of California: Le Jez Hot!
★★★★★ Laura Donnelly stars in a time-hopping play about a musical family that hits all the right notes
The Roommate: Bronx Bad Girl, Meet Midwestern Nervous Nellie
★★★☆☆ Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow play roommates–turned-unlikely friends in the Jack O’Brien–directed two-hander
Job: An Unfiltered Drama for the Social Media Age
★★★☆☆ An unintentional viral video star confronts a work-ordered therapist in this 80-minute two-hander
Empire: A Tired ‘Newsies Meets New York, New York’ Mashup
★★☆☆☆ NYC’s art deco architectural masterpiece inspires an uninspired musical