★☆☆☆☆ Elevator Repair Service goes at Edward Albee’s classic to embarrassing results
Off-Broadway
The Great Leap: Hoop Dreams, in Beijing and San Francisco
★★★★☆ Lauren Yee scores a three-pointer in her American-Chinese basketball play
Secret Life of Humans: Humankind’s Rise Debated on Human Level
★★★★★ David Byrne’s treatise involving culture hero Jacob Bronowski is dramatically ascendent
Secret Life Of Humans: Progress and Its Problems
★★★☆☆ David Byrne draws on an acclaimed book to ponder our animal nature and other big ideas in a theatrical context
Fruit Trilogy: A Woman Is Not a Piece of Fruit
★★★☆☆ Attention must be paid to Eve Ensler’s newest works, but your patience will be tested during this dissonant trio of shorts
Fruit Trilogy: Eve Ensler dishes out a talkative triptych
★★★☆☆ The maker of “The Vagina Monologues” goes experimental with body and soul issues
Dan Cody’s Yacht: A Smart Vessel, Running Short of Its Destination
★★★☆☆ Anthony Giardina’s ambitious new play studies money, privilege, and higher education
Dan Cody’s Yacht: Early Admissions, Good Intentions
★★★☆☆ Opportunity and privilege collide in Anthony Giardina’s likably intelligent but not quite convincing play
Tchaikovsky, None But the Lonely Heart: Abundant Musical Heart
★★★★☆ Eve Wolf’s book calls on actors and musicians to prove argument about aural emotions
Peace For Mary Frances: Old Clichés Lifted By Timeless Talent
★★★☆☆ A radiant Lois Smith leads a supple cast in a not-always-fresh look at family dysfunction and mortality.