★★☆☆☆ Ro Reddick’s Susan Smith Blackburn prize play with music, directed by Knud Adams
Off-Broadway
Zack: Another Oldie But Goodie From the Mint Theater
★★★★☆ A lesser known romcom from the author of Hobson’s Choice
Burnout Paradise: Madhouse Multitasking
★★★★☆ Audience participation is welcomed in a comical endurance contest
What We Did Before Our Moth Days: Quiet Delivery Masks Emotional Turbulence
★★★★☆ Andre Gregory directs a terrific cast in the latest drama from the author of “The Designated Mourner” and “Aunt Dan and Lemon”
What We Did Before Our Moth Days: Four People Live, Love and Die
★★★★☆ Hope Davis and Josh Hamilton brighten a sorrowful new Wallace Shawn drama staged by Andre Gregory
Night Side Songs: Illness Musicalized, Showing Worrisome Symptoms
★★★☆☆ Daniel and Patrick Lazour examine a tough subject through song
Bigfoot!: Fuzzy and Facetious
★★☆☆☆ A new musical satirizes the gullibility of flyover America
Chinese Republicans: Clever, Venom-Tipped Arrows, Ineffectively Aimed
★★★☆☆ Alex Lin’s barbed comedy at the Roundabout doesn’t quite hit its target
Meat Suit, or the shitshow of motherhood: An Overcooked Satire
★★☆☆☆ Second Stage Theater’s world premiere play about the bad and ugly side of motherhood.
The Reservoir: Comic Play About Addiction Doesn’t Go Deep Enough
★★★☆☆ Noah Galvin plays a young man struggling with alcoholism and the decline of his aging grandparents in Jake Brasch’s dramedy.