★★★★☆ Playwright Kate Hamill offers a vibrant picture of the turbulent life and times of painter Aremisia Gentileschi
Off-Broadway
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
Gatz: Great Scott!
★★★★★ Elevator Repair Service’s remarkable word-for-word Fitzgerald staging returns to the Public
Gatz: Fitzgerald Classic Word-for-Word from Elevator Repair Service
★★★★☆ John Collins directs, Scott Shepherd narrates, with some past and some new cast members
Walden: Zoë Winters and Emmy Rossum Navigate American Dystopia
★★★★☆ Amy Berryman’s post-apocalyptic drama centers on twin sisters and their space-travel dreams
Walden: Sibling Rivalry as the World Burns
★★★☆☆ Emmy Rossum and Zoë Winters play sisters torn apart by their life choices in Amy Berryman’s climate change-themed drama set in the “not-so-distant” future.