★★★★☆ Marisa Tomei heads The New Group’s smart staging of Jessica Goldberg’s drama
Off-Broadway
Babe: #MeToo in the Music Biz
★★★☆☆ Marisa Tomei and Arliss Howard star in Jessica Goldberg’s play about a cultural reckoning.
Shit. Meet. Fan.: Satire and Secrets on the Rocks
★★★☆☆ Seven disagreeable friends offend and overshare in Robert O’Hara’s New York–set satire
Shit. Meet. Fan.: Play. Meet. Speed Bumps.
★★★☆☆ Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Krakowski, Debra Messing, Constance Wu and Garret Dillahunt appear in Robert O’Hara’s new dark comedy
The Light and the Dark: Scandal in Chiaroscuro, For Today
★★★★☆ Playwright Kate Hamill offers a vibrant picture of the turbulent life and times of painter Aremisia Gentileschi
Burnout Paradise: Joy In Watching Others Sweat
★★★★☆ Four masochistic actors from Australia knock themselves out so we don’t have to.
King Lear: Kenneth Branagh Cuts the Tragic Tale to a Slim Two Hours
★★★☆☆ The Shakespeare veteran directs and stars alongside RADA grads in a no-frills production
King Lear: Kenneth Branagh Brings a Revival For Our Time, Sorta
★★★☆☆ Trimmed to two hours, the classic is directed by Branagh, Rob Ashford and Lucy Skilbeck with a young cast
Mama I’m a Big Girl Now!: Bundy, Butler & Winokur Celebrate with Love
★★★★☆ The Broadway vets cleverly relive their related on-stage and off-stage lives
Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!: Experimental Identities
★★★☆☆ Soho Rep exits its longtime home with an antic tribute to a downtown icon