★★★★☆ When a “well-known-ish” actress learns her husband’s dark secret, she attempts to right her upturned life
Off-Broadway
I Married an Angel: Not Quite as Heavenly as Hoped
★★★☆☆ A legendary Rodgers & Hart musical demands a higher ’30s style to get airborne
I Married an Angel: A Rodgers and Hart Encore at Encores!
★★★☆☆ The highly praised fantasy musical from 1938 looks earthbound 80 years later
White Noise: Suzan-Lori Parks’ Bold and Brilliant New Drama
★★★★★ Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks teams with the Public’s Oskar Eustis on an audacious new epic
White Noise: Suzan-Lori Parks Offers a Brilliant Approach to Racism
★★★★★ Oskar Eustis neatly helms a work best seen before its heady contents are noised about
Anything That Gives Off Light: A Hazy Study in Oppressive Economics
★★☆☆☆ A metaphysical study in social significance suffers from a sea-change
Juno and the Paycock: O’Casey’s Heroine and Her Strutting Foil Return, Gloriously
★★★★★ Maryann Plunkett and Ciarán O’Reilly lead a first-rate ensemble in a searing revival of the “Dublin Trilogy” entry
Juno and the Paycock: Sean O’Casey’s Tragedy In Top-Drawer Revival
★★★★☆ Neil Pepe directs an inspired cast, headed by Ciaran O’Reilly, Maryann Plunkett and John Keating
Nantucket Sleigh Ride: A Wild Trip To John Guare’s Magic (Realism) Kingdom
★★★☆☆ Jorge Luis Borges, Walt Disney, and a very large lobster pop up on a pointless journey
After: Battling Parents with Combative Sons Ferociously Lock Horns
★★★★☆ Michael McKeever’s play, directed by Joe Brancato with a strong cast, disturbs with great effect