★★★☆☆ The Mint Theater continues its salute to British playwright Elizabeth Baker with a 1917 marriage-minded comedy
Off-Broadway
All the Devils Are Here: The Very Best of the Bard’s Worst
★★★★★ Patrick Page was born to be bad in this one-man salute to Shakespeare’s evildoers
The Refuge Plays: A Next-Generational Epic
★★★☆☆ The sweeping Roundabout Theatre/New York Theatre Workshop co-production covers 70 years, three plays, and three ghosts
DruidO’Casey: A Thrilling Experiment in Epic Theater
★★★★★ A Druid Theater of Dublin marathon infuses three famous naturalistic Sean O’Casey dramas with Shakespearean sweep
DruidO’Casey: The Master Irish Playwright’s Trilogy, Not Quite Mastered
★★★★☆ Director Garry Hynes, 18-member cast succeed with the classic trilogy’s themes.
Mary Gets Hers: A Spotty Spoof on 10th Century Religious Play
★★☆☆☆ Emma Horwitz writes, Josiah Davis directs, and five-member cast strives, to little avail
Dig: Theresa Rebeck’s Flavorful Plant-Based Comedy, at 59e59
★★★★☆ Jeffrey Bean, Andrea Syglowski, and a fine cast nurture this well-potted tale of transplanted roots
Dig: Theresa Rebeck could delve a bit deeper
★★★☆☆ Each recovery story is unique, but this one proves overly schematic.
Prometheus Firebringer: AI Questions Not So Easily Answered
★★★☆☆ Annie Dorsen reads a lecture on a current fire-hot topic along with imagined Aeschylus tragedy
Job: Therapist-Patient-in-Trouble Play Requires Patience
★★★☆☆ Peter Friedman, Sydney Lemmon impressive in Max Wolf Friedlich work, Michael Herwitz directing