★★★★☆ Sarah Ruhl’s newest work proves a deeply moving meditation on life and the afterlife
Off-Broadway
Letters From Max, a ritual: Intimate Teacher-Student Work
★★★☆☆ Sarah Ruth’s epistolary homage to late poet Max Ritvo, Kate Whoriskey directs
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window: Lorraine Hansberry’s Largely Forgotten Play Shows Signs of Life
★★★★☆ Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star in Anne Kauffman’s revival of this long-neglected work by the author of “A Raisin in the Sun.”
The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window: An Opaque Revival of an Obscure American Play
★★★☆☆ Lorraine Hansberry’s unheralded, untidy ode to 1960s NYC gets a high-wattage off-Broadway production
Fall River Fishing: Black Comedy With a Side of Bolognese
★★★☆☆ Lizzie Borden, Sharon Tate, and Ibsen (sort of) collide in Bedlam’s period-slash-contemporary piece
A Bright New Boise: Hunter’s First Play in off-Broadway Premiere
★★★★☆ Author of The Whale and A Case for the Existence of God plants his Idaho roots in this 2010 play set in a Hobby Lobby break room
A Bright New Boise: Flawed Early Hunter Work Neatly Revived
★★★☆☆ Oliver Butler directs strong cast in handsome production
Leo Reich, Literally Who Cares: Jokin’ ‘Bout His Generation, and Himself
★★★☆☆ The Gen-Z British comedian brings his irony fest to New York
The Wanderers: 2 Generations, 2 Couples, 1 Engaging Drama
★★★★☆ Anna Ziegler’s new play tackles identity, religion, career, and marriage
Cornelia Street: Not Yet a Destination Musical
★★★☆☆ Norbert Leo Butz and Mary Beth Peil are featured in this new musical written by Simon Stephens and scored by American Music Club’s Mark Eitzel.