★★★★★ An exceptional play with fine work from director Jack Serio and actors Brian J. Smith and Paul Sparks
Off-Broadway
Grangeville: No Thanks for the Memories
★★★★☆ Paul Sparks and Brian J. Smith play brothers and others in Samuel D. Hunter’s thoughtful new drama
Conversations With Mother: This Mother Knows Best
★★★★☆ Matthew Lombardo’s excellent two-hander speaks volumes about life, liberty and the often impossible pursuit of happiness
Liberation: We’ve Come So Far…Or Have We?
★★★★☆ Whitney White directs a sensational group of women in Bess Wohl’s time-traveling memory play
Liberation: A Beautifully Evocative Look at The Cause, Circa 1970
★★★★☆ Bess Wohl raises our consciousness with her engrossing play about the Liberation movement and the women who started it.
Garside’s Career: Hobson’s Choice Playwright Careering Downward
★★★☆☆ Harold Brighouse peers at North England politics, with the cast led by Daniel Marconi
Garside’s Career: The Rise and Fall of a Silver-Tongued Speaker
★★★☆☆ An antique British drama about class struggle gets freshly Minted
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