★★★★☆ Family dynamics get a tragicomic treatment in this tale of three virtual orphans surviving precariously in contemporary London.
Off-Broadway
The Doctor: From London, a Scathing Societal Diagnosis, and a Meditation on Faith
★★★★☆ Director Robert Icke and a cast led by Juliet Stevenson offer strong medicine in this adaptation of an Arthur Schnitzler play
The Doctor: Great Theatrical Medicine, Doesn’t Always Go Down Easy
★★★★☆ Juliet Stevenson plays the title role in Robert Ickes’ freewheeling adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler’s 1912 play “Professor Bernhardi.”
A Simulacrum: Not So Magical
★★★☆☆ Illusionist Steve Cuiffo collaborates with playwright Lucas Hnath for this one-man show deconstructing magic.
Foxes: Foxy Play on Being Heard or Not Is Worth Hearing Out
★★★★☆ Dexter Flanders takes on a deserving human problem, James Hillier directing a first-rate cast
The Whitney Album: Impassioned Icon Ritual Gets Immersive
★★★☆☆ Jillian Walker lectures on the meaning of life, with an emphasis on Black women through the ages
Wet Brain: Another Welcome Dysfunctional Family High
★★★★☆ John J. Caswell Jr. writes and Dustin Will directs an excellent ensemble on familial distress and reconciliation
Days of Wine and Roses: D’Arcy James and O’Hara Share a Stirring Drink
★★★★☆ Light in the Piazza’s Guettel and Lucas reteam for an operatic tragedy, directed by Michael Greif
Days of Wine and Roses: More Sober Than Intoxicating
★★★☆☆ Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James star in Adam Guettel’s musical based on the classic 1962 film.
The Comeuppance: A High-School Reunion Prompts Some Startling Revisionism
★★★★★ With surgical precision and abundant sympathy, Branden Jacob-Jenkins dissects the Class of 2002.