★★★☆☆ The cast is excellent, but at nearly three hours, this mix of reflection and whimsy isn’t always smooth.
Off-Broadway
Good for Otto: Not So Great for Ed Harris and Company
★★☆☆☆ Ed Harris leads excellent actors through a loosely-knit string of case studies in David Rabe’s overlong new drama.
The Low Road: An Economical Trip to Colonial America
★★★★ Despite a few sticky spots, this wry satire on capitalism takes audiences on a mighty funny and lively ride.
The Low Road: Bruce Norris’ Very Funny Colonial Timewarp
★★★★★ The Clybourne Park Pulitzer Prize-winner delivers an imaginative, intelligent, contemporary commentary.
Jerry Springer—The Opera: A Curious Trash-Up
★★☆☆☆ More shlock than shock, this tabloid-TV drama combines high and low notes, and gradually goes to hell.
At Home at the Zoo: Albee’s Something Old and Something New(er)
★★★ Edward Albee combined an early work with a late one, not altogether successfully.
Kings: Pols vs. the Machine, With Ruthless Clarity
★★★☆☆ Sarah Burgess spins a modernized age-old tale of political favor-trading, in an era far from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington politesse.
Kings: Checking Out D.C. Lobbyists, with Checkered Results
★★★ Some of Sara Burgess play is fun, but sometimes it feels disappointingly incomplete—in its writing and acting and even Thomas Kail’s direction.
Is God Is: Twisted Sisters Serve a Vengeful Goddess
★★★★★ Shades of classical tragedies, revenge plays, and spaghetti westerns, in a uniquely fierce, lyrical voice
In the Body of the World: Eve Ensler’s Fearless Cancer Monologue
★★★★☆ Vagina Monologuist Ensler delivers a smart, harrowing, humorous new piece that will inspire anyone confronted by serious illness.