★★☆☆☆ Playwright Philip Dawkins roams freely through the famous playwrights’ related lives
Off-Broadway
Me And My Girl: Class Warfare As Breezy Musical Comedy
★★★★☆ Christian Borle leads an excellent cast in a buoyant concert staging of the British trifle-turned-Broadway hit.
Me and My Girl: Christian Borle Will Have You Doin’ the Lambeth Walk, Oi!
★★★★☆ Borle Sings & Dances & Clowns as the Boy from Down Lambeth Way
Dance Nation: Preteens on A Chorus Line
★★★★☆ Clare Barron forges new ground with her clear-eyed account of twelve-year-old girls on the cusp
Dance Nation: A Seriocomic Fandango Celebrates Girl Power
★★★★☆ Clare Barron’s unusual new play wildly reflects the mindsets of young teen girls
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire: Lessons on How to Lose a Revolution
★★★☆☆ Writer Caryl Churchill and director Rachel Chavkin deliver a time-melding history lesson at New York Theatre Workshop
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire: Caryl Churchill’s History Lecture
★★★☆☆ Rachel Chavkin directs a talk-heavy look back at Oliver Cromwell’s civil war
Summer and Smoke: Ireland, Darrow Set Fire to Williams’ Hot Drama
★★★★★ Jack Cummings III stunningly directs the play that established the very idea of off-Broadway
Summer and Smoke: Sparks Fly High in a Soulful Romance
★★★★☆ Passionate performances by Marin Ireland and Nathan Darrow ignite Tennessee Williams’ rarely-staged romantic drama
Unexpected Joy: A Show Paved With Good Intentions
★★☆☆☆ A four-character, all-female musical at the York Theatre is an Unexpected disappointment