★★★☆☆ Soho Rep’s typically top-notch production fills in the blanks of an experimental endeavor
Off-Broadway
Paul Swan is Dead and Gone: Portrait of an Unusual Artist as an Old Man
★★☆☆☆ A new bio-drama is performed as a bizarre dance recital in a Chelsea townhouse
Caroline’s Kitchen: Neatly Dishing Out a British Menu of Rueful Humor
★★★☆☆ Playgoers with a taste for British humor may well enjoy what’s being served at 59E59 Theaters
The Plough and the Stars: Dubliners Come to Vivid Life in Irish Rep’s Revival
★★★★★ A superb company performs Sean O’Casey’s tragicomedy about the 1916 Easter Rising
The Plough and the Stars: O’Casey’s Tragicomedy In Superb Shape
★★★★★ The Irish Repertory Company ends O’Casey season with outstanding direction, cast
Grief is the Thing with Feathers: A Mad, Murky, Melancholy Journey
★★★☆☆ Cillian Murphy delivers a remarkable performance as a man possessed
Link Link Circus: Isabella Rossellini, Pan the Dog Explain It All
★★★★☆ The actress-model, seeking a Master’s degree in animal behavior, turns it delightful
Lady in the Dark: MasterVoices Lovingly Revives a Masterpiece Musical
★★★★★ Victoria Clark is the glowing central figure of a legendary musical
Lady in the Dark: Victoria Clark Shines As Lady in the Spotlight
★★★★☆ Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin-Moss Hart musical in exciting form at City Center
The Pain of My Belligerence: Love Hurts
★★★☆☆ Halley Feiffer stars in her own play about a writer battling Lyme disease and an obsessive codependent relationship