★★★★☆ Encores fulfills its mission by bringing an undeservedly forgotten musical triumphantly back from the dead
Off-Broadway
Blackout Songs: A Hazy Pas de Deux
★★★★☆ Abbey Lee and Owen Teague play alcoholics involved in a turbulent romance in Joe White’s Olivier Award–nominated play
Data: Hot Headlines-Focused Play With Scarifying Guarantees
★★★★★ Playwright Michael Libby, director Tyne Rafaeli, and four actors in tiptop form score heavily in this new and significant drama
Data: Scorching Play Pulls Back The Curtain on the Power of Big Tech
★★★★☆ Playwright Matthew Libby looks through a glass darkly to find we’re all pawns in a game of numbers, and tech titans control the board
From Under the Radar: Ulysses
★★★☆☆ Elevator Repair Service delivers a mad gallery of James Joyce’s Dubliners
From Under the Radar: ‘The Visitors’ and a Pair of No-Shows
The annual theater festival continues with a poignant Australian import, a cancellation, and an installation
An Ark: Ian McKellan In A ’Photonic‘ Tonic For Our Time
★★★★☆ Playwright Simon Stephens and tech wizards concoct the world’s first mixed reality play
An Ark: Mixed Reality Theater Provides Mixed Results
★★★☆☆ Ian McKellen is among the performers appearing virtually in this one-act play by Simon Stephens
The Disappear: Art Isn’t Easy
★★★☆☆ Erica Schmidt’s world premiere dramedy skewers a self-absorbed filmmaker and the people who love him
The Disappear: Fun While It Lasts
★★★☆☆ Hamish Linklater, Miriam Silverman, and Dylan Baker are among the stars of Erica Schmidt’s world premiere play riffing on show business and marriage