★★★★☆ The author of ‘Hurt Village’ and ‘The Mountaintop’ spreads her wings with a serious relationship- and family-focused drama
Off-Broadway
Incantata: Making Art Out of Grief
★★★☆☆ Paul Muldoon’s feverishly elegiac poem makes its American stage debut
The Unsinkable Molly Brown: Bellying Up to a New Century
★★★★☆ Dick Scanlan and Kathleen Marshall overhaul the Meredith Willson musical, with delightful results
Dana H.: Mother’s Day, with Knives and Tats
★★★★☆ A phenomenal and indescribable play from Lucas Hnath, with the astonishing Deirdre O’Connell
Dana H.: Giving Voice to a Captive Held in Plain Sight
★★★☆☆ Deirdre O’Connell delivers a striking portrait of a woman in distress
We’re Gonna Die: But First Let’s Sing
★★★★☆ Young Jean Lee’s show about death will send you off with a smile on your face
We’re Gonna Die: Catch a Concert Study in Mortality at Second Stage
★★★★☆ Playwright/songwriter Young Jean Lee studies an inevitable fact of life
Cambodian Rock Band: Jamming on the Eve of Destruction
★★★★★ Lauren Yee dramatizes the Khmer Rouge nightmare with a suspenseful story
Cambodian Rock Band: Discovering Melody and Meaning in Tragedy
★★★★☆ Lauren Yee’s play finally gets its New York premiere and a rockin’ production at the Signature Theatre
All the Natalie Portmans: A Troubled Girl and Her Movie Star Muse
★★★☆☆ C.A. Johnson’s tender new play is illuminated by a vibrant young character, and actress