★★★☆☆ Writer-performer Sharon Washington remembers being the girl who lived in the library
Off-Broadway
Feeding the Dragon: Sharon Washington Hits the Books
★★★☆☆ Sharon Washington pens and performs her New York City fairy tale of “The Little Girl Who Lived in a Library.”
Bobbie Clearly: Chasing Redemption In A Broken Heartland
★★★★☆ Alex Lubsicher’s account of a small-town tragedy poses powerful, timely questions about our capacity for forgiveness.
Bobbie Clearly: A Portrait of a Crime, Not so Clearly
★★★☆☆ Something terrible has happened in corn country, but the young author of this spiky play doesn’t quite unpack it
Yerma: Lorca’s Tragedy, Blazingly Reimagined
★★★★★ Playwright and director Simon Stone finds both enduring and fresh relevance in a classic tragedy.
Yerma: Anguish in the Rain, Transplanted from Spain
★★★★☆ Billie Piper is astonishing as she recreates her Olivier Award-winning role in Yerma
Pygmalion: Delightful Shaw, With Only Spoken Music
★★★★☆ Bedlam’s Eric Tucker directs a six-member cast with Vaishnavii Sharma as Eliza and himself as Higgins
The Winter’s Tale: A Sad Tale’s Best for Spring
★★★★☆ ★★★★ Arin Arbus and Theatre for a New Audience embrace Shakespeare’s bear of a play
The Stone Witch: Dan Lauria Depicts a Grumpy Genius
★☆☆☆☆ Dan Lauria depicts an arrogant artist in a tedious mix of shallow dramatics and fanciful visuals.
Grand Hotel: Old Berlin in a Stunning New Staging
★★★★★ Director-choreographer Josh Rhodes makes his mark with an astonishing Encores production