★★★★★ A Druid Theater of Dublin marathon infuses three famous naturalistic Sean O’Casey dramas with Shakespearean sweep
Off-Broadway
DruidO’Casey: The Master Irish Playwright’s Trilogy, Not Quite Mastered
★★★★☆ Director Garry Hynes, 18-member cast succeed with the classic trilogy’s themes.
Mary Gets Hers: A Spotty Spoof on 10th Century Religious Play
★★☆☆☆ Emma Horwitz writes, Josiah Davis directs, and five-member cast strives, to little avail
Dig: Theresa Rebeck’s Flavorful Plant-Based Comedy, at 59e59
★★★★☆ Jeffrey Bean, Andrea Syglowski, and a fine cast nurture this well-potted tale of transplanted roots
Dig: Theresa Rebeck could delve a bit deeper
★★★☆☆ Each recovery story is unique, but this one proves overly schematic.
Prometheus Firebringer: AI Questions Not So Easily Answered
★★★☆☆ Annie Dorsen reads a lecture on a current fire-hot topic along with imagined Aeschylus tragedy
Job: Therapist-Patient-in-Trouble Play Requires Patience
★★★☆☆ Peter Friedman, Sydney Lemmon impressive in Max Wolf Friedlich work, Michael Herwitz directing
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Tickles Ingeniously
★★★★☆ A clever script and a versatile cast transform a horror classic into pure fun and games
Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors: He’s Out for Blood, and Laughs
★★★☆☆ History’s most famous vampire is back from the undead in a kooky 90-minute comedy
Swing State: A Slice-of-Midwestern-Life Drama
★★★★☆ Outgoing Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls helms an affecting mid-pandemic drama