★★★★★ The playwright and director completes his Rhinebeck Panorama with a typically nourishing, and trenchant, work.
Off-Broadway
What Happened? The Michaels Abroad: Despair, Dread, Dance, and Lasagna
★★★★★ Richard Nelson triumphantly completes his Rhinebeck Panorama, with Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders leading the troupe
Merry Wives: Rambunctious Romp from The Public
★★★★☆ Playwright Jocelyn Bioh and director Saheem Ali bring Falstaffian hijinks to Shakespeare in the Park
Merry Wives: A Giddy Modern-Day Take on a Lesser Shakespeare
★★★★☆ Jocelyn Bioh’s smart Harlem-set spin on Shakespeare is the joyous kick we all need right now
Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings): Jackie Hoffman Happily Soars
★★★★☆ E. Dale Smith’s clever dramedy spin on “Fiddler on the Roof,” also with Kelly Kinsella
Enemy of the People: Ann Dowd in Reimagined, Interactive Ibsen
★★★☆☆ Ann Dowd plays the gender-altered lead role in Robert Icke’s interactive reimagining of Ibsen’s classic
The Watering Hole: Timely Immersive Theater (if Flawed)
★★★☆☆ Lynn Nottage, Miranda Haymon, and others look at adjusting to life’s contemporary basics
Seven Deadly Sins: There’s No Harm In Watching
★★★★☆ That former den of iniquity, the Meatpacking District, plays host to a sin-inspired evening
SEVEN DEADLY SINS: LIVE THEATER BEHIND GLASS
★★★☆☆ Moisés Kaufman directs seven vice-inspired one-acts, cleverly staged on the streets of the Meatpacking District
SOCIAL!: It’s Time to Dance
★★★☆☆ Is it theater? Is it disco? Either way, it’s a safety-conscious, socially distant 55-minute experience.