★★★★☆ The actress-model, seeking a Master’s degree in animal behavior, turns it delightful
Off-Broadway
Lady in the Dark: MasterVoices Lovingly Revives a Masterpiece Musical
★★★★★ Victoria Clark is the glowing central figure of a legendary musical
Lady in the Dark: Victoria Clark Shines As Lady in the Spotlight
★★★★☆ Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin-Moss Hart musical in exciting form at City Center
The Pain of My Belligerence: Love Hurts
★★★☆☆ Halley Feiffer stars in her own play about a writer battling Lyme disease and an obsessive codependent relationship
The Pain of My Belligerence: When Good Discomfort Turns Bad
★★☆☆☆ Halley Feiffer’s latest explores toxic masculinity, and then gets overrun by it
Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain: Less Than Instructive
★★☆☆☆ A 1942 World War II pamphlet brought to the stage a bit on the late side
Socrates: Tim Blake Nelson Writes the Hemlock Drinker a Spiffy Toast
★★★★★ Michael Stuhlbarg is back on the boards, as good—or better—than ever
Socrates: The Power and Danger of Critical Thinking, in Another Fragile Democracy
★★★★☆ Michael Stuhlbarg makes a triumphant return to the Public Theater in Tim Blake Nelson’s bracing, probing new play
17 Border Crossings: Thaddeus Phillips Journeys With Great Success
★★★★☆ A unique look at how differently borders are patrolled around the globe, directed by Tatiana Mallarino
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy: Marilyn Dies Again, in Sparkling New Shed
★☆☆☆☆ Ben Whishaw and Renée Fleming star in incomprehensible new whatnot at exciting new venue