★★★★★ Playwright Joshua Harmon explores and explodes his roots, with Andrew Barth Feldman and Joanna Gleason
Off-Broadway
We Had a World: A Too Fractured Memory Play
★★★☆☆ Andrew Barth Feldman, Joanna Gleason, and Jeanine Serralles star in Joshua Harmon’s autobiographical family drama.
Vanya: One Man, Nine Characters, Considerable Tragicomedy
★★★★☆ Andrew Scott takes on every role in Simon Stephens’ freewheeling adaptation of Chekhov’s much-produced play
Vanya: Andrew Scott Goes Virtuoso in a Solo Show
★★★★☆ Expect no Russian dressing but plenty of Irish accents in this Chekhov adaptation
Amerikin: Chisa Hutchison’s Play Blasting Racism Is Needed This Very Minute
★★★★☆ Jade King Carroll sharply directs an exceptional cast, led by Daniel Abeles and Molly Carden
A Streetcar Named Desire: A Healthy Shot of Southern Discomfort
★★★★☆ You want realism? You want magic? Rebecca Frecknall’s production, starring Paul Mescal, has both.
A Streetcar Named Desire: Overly Stylized Revival Goes Off the Rails
★★☆☆☆ Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran star in the Almeida Theatre production of Williams’ classic, directed by Rebecca Frecknall
The Jonathan Larson Project: Seasoned with Love
★★★☆☆ Unknown tunes from a songwriter’s trunk get nicely noted
Ghosts: Ibsen’s Wounded Spirits Still Live Within Us
★★★★☆ Lily Rabe leads an intensely gripping production of the 19th century classic that continues to resonate today.
Ghosts: Ibsen’s Beautifully Acted Classic Oddly Gives Up the Ghost
★★★☆☆ Jack O’Brien directs Mark O’Rowe’s adaptation, with Lily Rabe and Levon Hawke acting like spectral blazes