★★★☆☆ Harry Teinowitz brings his own experience to the stage, with Dan Butler playing the role
Off-Broadway
Bad Kreyòl: Haitian American Dominique Morisseau’s Very Personal Drama
★★★★☆ The playwright returns to her roots and honors her family in a dynamic new work
Bad Kreyòl: Good Writing About a Culture Clash in Haiti
★★★★☆ Dominique Morisseau tells us it’s easy to get lost in translation when speaking the language of Haiti with an American accent.
In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot: Survivors, from Sarah Mantell
★★★☆☆ Blackburn prize-winner studies love in a dystopian climate
We Live in Cairo: 2012 Egyptian Revolution Set to Music, Craftily Explored
★★★★☆ Songwriters Daniel and Patrick Lazour and hard-working cast triumph, under Taibi Magar’s direction
Hold on to Me Darling: Don’t Let Go His Ego
★★★★☆ Adam Driver stars as a self-involved charmer
Hold on to Me Darling: Adam Driver As Country Star in Emotional Traffic Jam
★★★☆☆ Kenneth Lonergan’s 2016 play, revived and directed again by Neil Pepe, with peppery supporting cast
Vladimir: Putin on the Fritz
★★☆☆☆ A cautionary new drama views Russian corruption
Sump’n Like Wings: Yearning to Fly Away
★★★☆☆ A lost play by Lynn Riggs studies youthful urges in 1910s Oklahoma
Deep History: Can We Survive Climate Change?
★★★☆☆ David Finnigan delivers a lecture on humanity facing catastrophe