★★★★★ Jonathan Silverstein directs the deceptively quiet three-hander with surgical care
Off-Broadway
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide: Much More Than Enuf
★★★★★ Ntosake Shange’s 1976 success revived with highest standards benevolently applied
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide: Raise Your Voices and Dance
★★★★☆ Ntozake Shange’s 1976 choreopoem receives an inspired revival at the Public Theater, where its poetry first flowed
Bella Bella: Hats Off to Harvey Fierstein’s Abzug Homage
★★★★☆ Four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein channels Battling Bella Abzug in his history-packed new one-person show
Bella Bella: Tribute to a Champion, of Feminism and More
★★★★☆ Harvey Fierstein remembers, and plays, “Battling Bella” Abzug
Only Human: Giving the Devil His Due, and Then Some
★★☆☆☆ In a new musical, an aspiring rocker takes us to Heaven and Hell—and tries to upstage Gary Busey
Is This A Room: Real Life Whistleblower Gets Busted, in Real Time
★★★★☆ A word-for-word FBI transcript is starkly staged as a documentary drama
Power Strip: Sylvia Khoury’s Mostly Cogent Look at Syrian Refugees
★★★☆☆ Dina Shihabi give a strong performance as a woman forced from Damascus, attempting to survive by any means
Little Shop of Horrors: Be Careful What You Wish For
★★★★☆ Michael Mayer’s lowkey revival, like the clumsy clerk at its center, emphasizes the quirky charms of simplicity
Little Shop of Horrors: A Bloody Good Time
★★★★☆ The beloved 1982 musical returns to its off-Broadway roots. Just don’t feed the plants!