★★★★☆ Saul Rubinek plays himself in Mark Leiren-Young’s one-person play about a shut-down production of “The Merchant of Venice.”
Off-Broadway
Adam Gopnik’s New York: Gallery Talk, Par Excellence
★★★★☆ The New Yorker writer offers an enchanted evening of sparklingly witty discourse
Oratorio for Living Things: Musically Captivating, Text Effect Not So
★★★☆☆ Heather Christian’s acclaimed piece, directed by Lee Sunday Evens, in blurred delivery
Let’s Love!: Sex, American Style
★★★☆☆ A top-flight ensemble including Aubrey Plaza and Nellie McKay appears in Ethan Coen’s trio of raunchy one-act comedies.
Let’s Love!: Women Through a Guy’s Eyes
★★★☆☆ A scathing Aubrey Plaza and sharp others, plus Nellie McKay, light up Ethan Coen’s new comedies
Oh Happy Day!: Too Much Mo’
★★☆☆☆ Jordan E. Cooper delivers a multifarious father and son drama, with songs
Nothing Can Take You From the Hand of God: One Woman’s Proof
★★★★☆ Jen Tullock performs a version of distancing herself from the evangelical church
Crooked Cross: A Sign of the Times
★★☆☆☆ Mint Theater discovers a 1935 drama about the Nazi takeover of German society
The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows: Scare the Banana and Other Tales of a Non-Binary Mom
★★★☆☆ Comedian Abby Wambaugh delivers an appealing solo show at Dixon Place
The Least Problematic Woman in the World: Dylan Mulvaney Takes a TikTok Pause
★★★☆☆ The actress, author, and social media star opens her heart on the off-Broadway stage