★★★☆☆ An unintentional viral video star confronts a work-ordered therapist in this 80-minute two-hander
Off-Broadway
Six Characters: Right You Are (If You Think You’re Confused)
★★☆☆☆ LCT3 stages Phillip Howze’s disorderly new drama about the theater
Inspired By True Events: Not-So-Grand Guignol
★☆☆☆☆ Director Knud Adams aims to get real staging Ryan Spahn’s debut should-be thriller
On Beckett: Existential Thoughts from a Clown
★★★★☆ The great Bill Irwin is profoundly funny on Samuel Beckett
The Journals of Adam & Eve: Linden, Henner Score as First Couple
★★★☆☆ Ed. Weinberger adapts Mark Twain’s beloved short story, Amy Anders Corcoran directing
Empire: The Empire State Building Almost Soaringly Sung-Danced
★★★☆☆ Bookwriter-composer-lyricists Caroline Sherman, Robert Hull celebrate the architectural icon.
Empire: A Tired ‘Newsies Meets New York, New York’ Mashup
★★☆☆☆ NYC’s art deco architectural masterpiece inspires an uninspired musical
From Here: Florida Strong, Displayed in Song
★★★☆☆ An Orlando-born musical aims to capture the city’s resilience after the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting
A Little Night Music: 53 Musicians? The Glamorous Life Indeed!
★★★☆☆ Marc Bruni directs a sonically lush but somewhat disappointing concert version of Sondheim and Wheeler’s 19th century-set romantic romp
N/A: Politics Writ Personal
★★★★☆ Holland Taylor and Ana Villafane star in this new play, directed by Diane Paulus, about Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez