★★☆☆☆ Writer-performer Rachel Bloom aggressively talks and sings through a nearly one-person outing
Off-Broadway
Infinite Life: Illness as Undeveloped Metaphor
★★★☆☆ Annie Baker’s new play concerns six patients suffering from serious ailments who are undergoing treatment at an alternative medicine facility.
Infinite Life: Annie Baker Sets Healing Sights on Pain
★★★☆☆ James MacDonald directs a fine cast, featuring Marylouise Burke and Kristine Nielsen
The Tempest: Conjuring and Singing Under the Stars
★★★☆☆ For its last show until summer 2025 at the soon-to-be-renovated Delacorte, the Public returns to an old favorite
Small: The Heightened Story of a Growing Jockey Hopeful
★★★★☆ Robert Montano, directed by Jessi D. Hill, graphically recalls his adolescence at Belmont Park
A Eulogy for Roman: A Delightfully Unique Memorial Service
★★★★☆ Relative newcomers Brendan George and Peter Charney are behind this unexpectedly entertaining enterprise
Let’s Call Her Patty: A Choppy New Dramedy
★★★☆☆ Rhea Perlman plays a Pilates-loving liberal Upper West Sider in this shallow new play
The Half-God of Rainfall: Inua Ellams’ Epic Poem, Staged Epically
★★★★☆ Taibi Magar directs a seven-member cast in a brand-new and electrifying stage myth
Flex: Five Arkansas WNBA Hopefuls Shoot Much Hoop-La
★★★★☆ Candice Jones writes, director Lilieana Blain-Cruz and cast demonstrate great teamwork on the court
Orpheus Descending: Tennessee Williams Revival Doesn’t Bring the Heat
★★★☆☆ Maggie Siff and Pico Alexander play the doomed lovers in this revival of Williams’ problematic drama.