★★★★☆ Theater documentarians Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen are in top form
Off-Broadway
Coal Country: Telling a Sorrowful Story as Old as the Hills
★★★☆☆ Grammy-winning songwriter Steve Earle lends authenticity to a docudrama
Bundle of Sticks: Women as Unhappy Gay Men!!
★★★☆☆ J. Julian Christopher’s play about dreaded conversion therapy
The Hot Wing King: Smart and Sassy
★★★★☆ Katori Hall composes a satisfying dramedy about black men who happen to be gay
The Hot Wing King: Katori Hall Serves Up Love and Laughs
★★★★☆ The author of ‘Hurt Village’ and ‘The Mountaintop’ spreads her wings with a serious relationship- and family-focused drama
Incantata: Making Art Out of Grief
★★★☆☆ Paul Muldoon’s feverishly elegiac poem makes its American stage debut
The Unsinkable Molly Brown: Bellying Up to a New Century
★★★★☆ Dick Scanlan and Kathleen Marshall overhaul the Meredith Willson musical, with delightful results
Dana H.: Mother’s Day, with Knives and Tats
★★★★☆ A phenomenal and indescribable play from Lucas Hnath, with the astonishing Deirdre O’Connell
Dana H.: Giving Voice to a Captive Held in Plain Sight
★★★☆☆ Deirdre O’Connell delivers a striking portrait of a woman in distress
We’re Gonna Die: But First Let’s Sing
★★★★☆ Young Jean Lee’s show about death will send you off with a smile on your face