★★★★☆ Taki McGarrick’s eye-opening historical play, directed by Nicola Murphy, with a quintet of superlative actors
Off-Broadway
Belfast Girls: The Pluck of the Irish
★★★☆☆ Jacki McCarrick revisits an underexplored chapter in Irish, and women’s, history
Exception to the Rule: Porch Kid Meets Street Kids
★★★☆☆ Dave Harris’s follow-up to ‘Tango & Bones’ is entertaining, sobering and ultimately frustrating
Golden Shield: Foiled by Its Own Ambitions
★★★☆☆ Anchuli Felicia King’s drama deals with corporate, legal and international intrigue.
The Vagrant Trilogy: Vivid Lives of a Conflicted Palestinian Poetry Scholar
★★★★☆ Mona Mansour’s three-acter, directed by Mark Wing-Davey, with a vibrantly versatile six-member cast
Which Way to the Stage: A Witty Love Letter to the Theater
★★★★☆ Diva worship, drag queens, and Sondheim duets collide in Ana Nogueira’s stagestruck comedy
Oh God, A Show About Abortion: Alison Leiby Brings the Funny (Yes, Really!)
★★★★☆ Lila Neugebauer directs a one-woman show on the hottest of the hot-button issues of the moment
Wedding Band: Alice Childress’ Play on Racist Themes Breathtakingly Revived
★★★★☆ Awoye Timpo directs a superb cast, featuring Brittany Bradford and Thomas Sadoski as a mixed-race couple
Into the Woods: Sondheim Leads Encores Out of Darkness
★★★★☆ Sarah Bareilles, Neil Patrick Harris, Gavin Creel, and more head the cast of Lear deBessonet’s delightful production
Wish You Were Here: Women Talk Freely as Friendships Threaten to Founder
★★★★☆ Sanaz Toossi writes perceptively, as Gaye Taylor Upchurch directs fa cast of five, Marjan Neshat among them