★★☆☆☆ Civilians Artistic Director Steve Cosson and six-member cast perform a tech creation that falls short of actual entertainment
Off-Broadway
Redwood: A Complex and Comedic Family History Lesson
★★★★☆ Brittany K. Allen writes and stars in an incisive piece about a Black family in Baltimore exploring their roots
Emergence: A Mind-Blowing Feast for the Senses
★★★★☆ Science geek and composer Patrick Olson takes us on a musical journey through space and time
Daphne: Woman Turns Into Tree, in This Wooden Drama
★★☆☆☆ Playwright Renae Simone Jarrett has something in mind she doesn’t satisfyingly transmit
Here We Are: A Minor But Welcome Final Addition to the Sondheim Canon
★★★☆☆ A terrific ensemble performs Stephen Sondheim’s final work, directed by Joe Mantello and featuring a book by David Ives adapted from two classic Luis Bunuel films.
Partnership: A Century-Old Play for Our Time
★★★★☆ The Mint Theater unearths another winner by a forgotten writer, Elizabeth Baker
Partnership: The Perils of Mixing Business and Pleasure
★★★☆☆ The Mint Theater continues its salute to British playwright Elizabeth Baker with a 1917 marriage-minded comedy
All the Devils Are Here: The Very Best of the Bard’s Worst
★★★★★ Patrick Page was born to be bad in this one-man salute to Shakespeare’s evildoers
The Refuge Plays: A Next-Generational Epic
★★★☆☆ The sweeping Roundabout Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop co-production covers 70 years, three plays, and three ghosts
DruidO’Casey: A Thrilling Experiment in Epic Theater
★★★★★ A Druid Theater of Dublin marathon infuses three famous naturalistic Sean O’Casey dramas with Shakespearean sweep