★★★★☆ Montreal’s 7 Fingers physical theater troupe visits PAC NYC in lower Manhattan
Off-Broadway
Kafka: The Beloved, Truly Awesome Writer, Brilliantly Conjured
★★★★☆ Writer-Performer Jack Klaff pays profound, tireless homage to the Prague master, Colin Watkeys, directing
Call Me Izzy: Jean Smart Extremely Smart in Smart Jamie Wax Character Study
★★★★☆ Sarna Lapine directs the six-time Emmy winner soloing as a talented but oppressed trailer-park housewife
Prosperous Fools: Taylor Mac Attacks, Unpersuasively
★★☆☆☆ A grant-winning genius bites the philanthropic hands that feed him
Prosperous Fools: Taylor Mac Takes on Molière But Not Prosperously, Foolishly
★☆☆☆☆ Darko Tresnjak directs the misguided satire, with Mac as Artist and Jason O’Connell and Sierra Boggess as other targets
Angry Alan: A Brilliant Skewering of Male Toxicity
★★★★☆ John Krasinski plays a depressed middle-aged man who goes down an internet rabbit hole in Penelope Skinner’s sharp-edged drama.
Angry Alan: John Krasinski Swallows the Red Pill
★★★★☆ Director Sam Gold’s staging exhibits a nice American guy going wrong
The Wash: Airing a Ripe Slice of American History
★★★☆☆ New Federal Theatre delivers a drama about the 1881 Atlanta washerwomen’s strike
Pride & Prejudice: Austen Sparkles in 3-Person Capsule Version
★★★★☆ A breezy romp with Lizzy Bennet, Mr. Darcy, et al.
A Freeky Introduction: Divine Wisdom for Being Your Best Sexy Self
★★★☆☆ NSangou Njikam’s show sees a Yoruban deity preach positivity in a string of stories