★★★★☆ Carl Andress directs a grand cast investigating the deceased playwright’s familial entanglements
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Corruption: J.T. Rogers Unleashes Sizzling Stage Documentary
★★★★☆ Bartlett Sher directs a 13-member cast exposing a 2010-2011 British hacking scandal
Doubt: John Patrick Shanley’s Prize-Winning Play in a Blessed Revival
★★★★☆ Scott Ellis directs Amy Ryan, Liev Schreiber, Zoe Kazan, and Quincy Tyler Bernstine to undoubted effect
Fiasco Theater’s Pericles: Creative Troupe Has Fun with Unwieldy Shakespeare
★★★★☆ Ben Steinfeld directs Fiasco’s viewer-friendly version of the rarely-produced tragedy
The Seven Year Disappear: A Not Always Straight-Forward Look at Manhattan’s Art World
★★★☆☆ Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch distinguish themselves in Jordan Seavey’s play, stylishly directed by Scott Elliott
Jelly’s Last Jam: Exuberant Jelly Roll Morton Musical Revived with a Significant Hitch
★★★☆☆ Robert O’Hara directs the George C. Wolfe–Susan Birkenhead–Luther Henderson bio tuner, starring Nicholas Christopher
Sunset Baby: Dominique Morisseau Unflinchingly Scrutinizes Freedom
★★★★☆ Russell Hornsby, Moses Ingram, J. Alphonse Nicholson act, Steve H. Broadnax III directs, all to great effect
Hamlet: Oh, What a Noble Prince (Plus Everyone Else) Is Eddie Izzard
★★★★☆ A solo revival, adapted by Mark Izzard and directed by Selina Cadell
Oh, Mary!: First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln on a Sometimes Funny Rampage
★★★☆☆ Cole Escola writes and stars, Sam Pinkleton directs, Conrad Ricamora is Mary’s bamboozled husband
The White Chip: Recovering Alcoholic’s Tough Tale Boldly Told
★★★☆☆ Sean Daniels is autobiographical about his drinking past, with Joe Tapper as the fictional stand-in