★★★★★ The ‘August: Osage County’ playwright returns with an explosively funny comedy of crotchety manners
Broadway
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: High-Flying Improv at the Booth
★★★★☆ Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail successfully bring a new-style event to Broadway
Freestyle Love Supreme: Hip-Hop Don’t Stop
★★★★☆ Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony Veneziale’s improv phenomenon conquers Broadway
The Great Society: A Not So Great Play About LBJ
★★★☆☆ Troubled 1960s events overwhelm a President and dishearten a drama
The Height of the Storm: Provocative Play Offers Master Class in Acting
★★★★☆ Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins star in Florian Zeller’s newest Paris-to-London-to-New York offering
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
Derren Brown, Secret: Legerdemain Unleashed at Cort
★★★★☆ UK illusionist offers evening of protean prestidigitation and purely astonishing fun
Derren Brown, Secret: International Man of Mystery and Mind Games
★★★★☆ The British TV and Netflix star brings his psychological intrigue to Broadway