★★★☆☆ An antique British drama about class struggle gets freshly Minted
Off-Broadway
Henry IV: Fathers and Sons and Falstaff in the Round
★★★☆☆ Jay O. Sanders and Dakin Matthews head TFANA’s versatile ensemble
How Is It That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice: Len Jenkin Conjures a Love Story
★★★☆☆ Fred Weller and Kate Arrington portray soul mates in a poetic romance
My First Ex-Husband: Divorce Comedian Style
★★☆☆☆ Joy Behar, Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh, and Adrienne C. Moore break down broken-down marriages in 90 lackluster minutes
Urinetown: Encores Musical Minds Its Pees (& Cues)
★★★☆☆ New York City Center’s Encores! series brings the 2001 musical back with a cast of Broadway and TV vets
Urinetown: The Once-Startling Musical Handily Revived
★★★☆☆ Composer-lyricist Mark Hollman, book writer-lyricist Greg Kotis, director Teddy Bergman revitalize the unforgettable classic
The Antiquities: The Future’s Not Looking Too Bright
★★★★☆ The new play by Jordan Harrison, author of “Marjorie Prime,” imagines a future where humans have been replaced by artificial beings.
The Antiquities: We Are the Dinosaurs Now
★★★★☆ Jordan Harrison spins an intriguingly haunting tale about the human experiment gone awry.
Pecking Order: Fowl Play Is Foul Play
★☆☆☆☆ Hawkish comedy is strictly for the birds
Pecking Order: Fowl Play Indeed
★☆☆☆☆ Two infamous New York–dwelling red-tailed hawks serve as the ostensible inspiration for a flighty new comedy