★★★☆☆ The Public Theater’s true story revealing the political machinations behind a diplomatic effort that paid off
Off-Broadway
Jesa: Honoring the Ancestors, or Maybe Not
★★★☆☆ Ma-Yi Theater premieres Jeena Yi’s contemporary comedy-drama about Korean American sisters
Monte Cristo: Alexander Dumas Brought to the Musical Stage
★★★☆☆ Peter Kellogg, Stephen Weiner adapt The Count of Monte Cristo, Peter Flynn directs
Tru: Gossipy Truman Capote on the Uproarious Warpath
★★★★☆ Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Jay Presson Allen’s ingratiating script, Rob Ashford gleefully directing
Tru: Very Up Close and Personal with Truman Capote
★★★★☆ Jesse Tyler Ferguson superbly embodies the colorful author in this intimate revival of Jay Presson Allen’s play
The Wild Party: Midnight Special
★★★★☆ Jasmine Amy Rogers, Jordan Donica, and Tonya Pinkins lead a terrific ensemble in Michael John LaChiusa’s musical of Roaring ’20s madness
Ulster American: Irish Rep’s Scalding Satire Pulls No Punches
★★★★☆ David Ireland’s black comedy fires verbal bullets at celebrity culture with brutal precision
Ulster American: Satirical Savagery
★★★☆☆ Matthew Broderick stars as a clueless film idol in Irish Rep’s U.S. premiere of a prickly comedy
Antigone (this play I read in high school): Reclaiming the Heroine’s Voice
★★★★☆ The Public Theater premieres Anna Ziegler’s new version of a very old story
Cold War Choir Practice: Nuclear Fears, Played for Laughs and Songs
★★★★☆ A young girl gets involved in Cold War-era espionage in Ro Reddick’s farcical play with music