★★★★☆ Tarell Alvin McCraney’s minimalist, poetic tale of siblings down South gets a timely revival at The Shed
Off-Broadway
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
This Is Government: Contemporary Comedy about Workplace Lockdown
★★★☆☆ Nina Kissinger mines comedy from a congressional bomb threat, but doesn’t quite pull it off
Twelfth Night: Come for the Verse, Stay for the Vibes
★★★★☆ Saheem Ali directs Oscar winner and Tony nominee Lupita Nyong’o in the festive Shakespearean frolic
Twelfth Night: Moonlit Enchantment As Shakespeare Returns to the Park
★★★★☆ Lupito Nyong’o, Sandra Oh and Peter Dinklage spark director Saheem Ali’s contemporary take on the Bard’s comedy
Amaze: An Evening of Magic and Magical Storytelling
★★★★☆ Magician Jamie Allan regales us with his life story to augment his dazzling illusions.
Ava, The Secret Conversations: Dishy Hollywood Story, Animatronic Style
★★★☆☆ Elizabeth McGovern stars in and wrote this play about Ava Gardner’s short-lived collaboration with a ghostwriter
Ava, The Secret Conversations: An Ill-Conceived Gardner Glance
★★☆☆☆ Elizabeth McGovern stars as the film star, Aaron Costa Ganis as biographer Peter Evans