★★★★★ Death really does become her, as the writer, composer and star – Jennifer Nettles – serves up a killer new musical.
Off-Broadway
Giulia The Poison Queen of Palermo: Jennifer Nettles brews a tasty mass murder musical
★★★★☆ Director Mary Zimmerman stages a ravishing visual production of an historic story told from a working woman’s perspective
Othello: Free As the Open Air
★★★☆☆ Nick Westrate and James Udom play alpha and beta dogs in Classical Theatre of Harlem’s outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s drama
Birthright: Six Characters in Search of a Common Ground
★★★★☆ Politics underscore but don’t overpower the character-driven epic from Jonathan Spector
Birthright: Political and Personal Issues Intersect to Powerful Effect
★★★★☆ The new play by Jonathan Spector (“Eureka Day”) depicts the reunions over two decades of a group of friends who met on a Birthright trip to Israel.
A Walk on the Moon: A Musical Tribute to Enduring Marriage Vows
★★★☆☆ Pamela Gray adapts her 1999 film, Annmarie Milazzo adds the tuneful score
Dad Don’t Read This: 16 Going On Angst
★★★★☆ Amalia Yoo and friends brighten the stage with Eliya Smith’s intriguing teen talk
The Loved Ones: Four Women Loosely Linked by Heartache and Happenstance
★★★★☆ Nicola Murphy Dubey directs a cast of four, led by the irreproachable Maryann Plunkett, in Erica Murray’s countryside drama
The Loved Ones: Four Smart Women Talk Things Over Wisely
★★★★☆ Erica Murray writes, Nicola Murphy Dubey directs, and Maryann Plunkett and three adept others act, all exceedingly well
Henry VI, A Trilogy in Two Parts: He Dies, Production Thrives
★★★★★ Stephen Brown-Fried adapts and directs the rarely produced Shakespeare works outstandingly, with a stunning 16-member NAATCO cast