★★★★★ This compelling chronicle of the rise and fall of the American finance family is not to be missed
Off-Broadway
The Lehman Trilogy: An American Dream, and Tragedy, Majestically Recalled
★★★★★ Sam Mendes’s stunning production of Stefano Massini’s rise-and-fall epic arrives in New York
Ain’t No Mo’: A Sharply Satirical Study in Black Manners and Matters
★★★★☆ The Public Theater unleashes a wildly serio-comical show about race
Ain’t No Mo’: This In-Yo’-Face Revue Asks If Blacks Should Fly to Africa
★★★★☆ While examining USA racism playwright-actor Jordan E. Cooper reaps chills, laughs
The Nature of Forgetting: A Memorable Show for Kids of All Ages
★★★★☆ London’s Theatre Re presents an uncommonly poignant and tender study in dementia
Smart Blonde: The Life and Times of a Beloved Broadway Funny Lady
★★★☆☆ Andréa Burns shines as the not-born-yesterday Judy Holliday
Accidentally Brave: Maddie Corman Bravely Tells Her Startling Story
★★★★☆ When a “well-known-ish” actress learns her husband’s dark secret, she attempts to right her upturned life
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