★★★★☆ David Yazbek, Erik Della Penna, Itamar Moses, and David Cromer create a ballad of a failed outlaw, dead and alive
Off-Broadway
Illinoise: An Explosion of Transporting Music and Dance
★★★★☆ Justin Peck’s dance-theater piece, featuring a story he devised with Jackie Sibblies Drury, is based on Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed album.
Brooklyn Laundry: John Patrick Shanley Rinses and Repeats, to Mostly Charming Effect
★★★★☆ Cecily Strong and David Zayas star in this romantic dramedy from the author of “Moonstruck.”
Brooklyn Laundry: Management Not Responsible for Loss
★★★☆☆ Cecily Strong does her utmost as a spinster (yes, the dated epithet is apt) desperate to find a mate at all costs.
The Ally: A Play of Ideas. And Ideas. And Ideas…
★★★☆☆ Josh Radnor plays a university professor caught up in a maelstrom of conflicting ideologies in the talky new drama by Itamar Moses.
The Ally: Josh Radnor Shines in Itamar Moses’ Expansive New Drama
★★★☆☆ The Public Theater production hashes out all sides in the age-old Israeli/Palestinian conflict
Fiasco Theater’s Pericles: Creative Troupe Has Fun with Unwieldy Shakespeare
★★★★☆ Ben Steinfeld directs Fiasco’s viewer-friendly version of the rarely-produced tragedy
The Seven Year Disappear: A Tour-de-Force for Cynthia Nixon
★★★☆☆ The TV star and theater veteran shines as an enigmatic artist in a time-bending two-hander
The Seven Year Disappear: A Not Always Straight-Forward Look at Manhattan’s Art World
★★★☆☆ Cynthia Nixon and Taylor Trensch distinguish themselves in Jordan Seavey’s play, stylishly directed by Scott Elliott
The Hunt: The Darkness That Lurks in the Woods
★★★★☆ Tobias Menzies stars in Rupert Goold’s Almeida production of the psychological thriller at St. Ann’s Warehouse