★★★★☆ Musician-Songwriter-Actors Brian Quijada and Nigel D. Robinson speak up and sing out
Off-Broadway
When the Hurlyburly’s Done: what’s the Ukrainian word for apple?
★★★☆☆ Richard Nelson’s cozy new drama studies an acting troupe during wartime
Kinkakuji: Minimalist Mishima
★★★☆☆ Japan Society commissions a solo drama based upon a celebrated novel
The Wild Duck: Rare Ibsen Revival Not to Be Ducked
★★★★☆ Simon Godwin directs a first-rate cast, including Nick Westrate and Alexander Hurt
The Wild Duck: Foul Doings
★★★☆☆ Ibsen’s tragicomedy depicts a family wrecked by a righteous friend
Color Theories: A Little Academia, a Lot of Absurdism
★★★★☆ Julio Torres, the creator of the acclaimed HBO series “Fantasmas,” delivers a comic riff on the emotional and symbolic aspects of color.
The Brothers Size: A Heart-Rending Tale of Family and Trauma
★★★★☆ Tarell Alvin McCraney’s minimalist, poetic tale of siblings down South gets a timely revival at The Shed
The Brothers Size: As Forceful as Tectonic Plates Shifting
★★★★☆ Bijan Sheibani, Tarell Alvin McCraney co-direct McCraney’s superbly-cast brotherhood play
House of McQueen: A Bio-Drama That Has the Feel of an Art Installation
★★★☆☆ “Bridgerton” star Luke Newton plays troubled fashion designer Alexander McQueen in this gorgeously staged but dramatically inert play
House of McQueen: Luke Newton stars in a terribly respectful bio-drama of a tragic artist
★★☆☆☆ Mad fashionistas, fanciful couture and a melancholy baby do not a party make