★★★☆☆ Branden Jacobs-Jenkins writes and Eric Ting directs a play about five high school reunioning discontents
Off-Broadway
Love Letters: A. R. Gurney’s Moving Portrait of Two Almost Lovers
★★★★☆ Matthew Broderick, Laura Benanti, directed by Ciarán O’Reilly, read well for two shortish acts
Being Mr Wickham: Jane Austen’s Famous Cad Proves Jolly Good Fun
★★★★☆ Adrian Lukis plays George Wickham, co-writes with Catherine Cursor, and is directed by Guy Unsworth
The Rebecca Luker Songbook: A Benefit Concert, with Moving High Notes
The Broadway star’s favorite poems set to music by many composers, sung by 12 sopranos, make an enchanting memorial
Primary Trust: Cheers to New Beginnings
★★★★☆ Grab a mai tai and settle in for Eboni Booth’s delicate world-premiere drama
Primary Trust: You’ve Got a Friend
★★★★☆ William Jackson Harper stars in Eboni Booth’s play about an emotionally fragile man trying to survive a past trauma.
Bernarda’s Daughters: Five Haitian-Brooklyn Sisters Soar Poetically
★★★★☆ Diane Exavier’s top-drawer drama, with Dominique Rider directing a skillful cast
Monsoon Wedding: An Exceptional Movie Becomes An Unremarkable Musical
★★★☆☆ Mira Nair’s beloved 22-year-old movie takes the long road to the stage
shadow/land: Two Women, Hurricane Katrina Partly Water-Logged
★★★☆☆ Ericka Dickerson-Despenza’s cullud wattah follow-up, well directed by Candis C. Jones
The Fears: A Not-So-Supportive Support Group
★★★☆☆ Steven Soderbergh presents Emma Sheanshang’s play depicting the tensions amongst the members of a Buddhist support group.