★★★★☆ Aerialists and acrobats deliver Christmas cheer to Madison Square Garden
Off-Broadway
The Thin Place: Crossing Over, Or At Least Trying To
★★★☆☆ Lucas Hnath’s latest weighs belief and skepticism, whimsy and seriousness
The Thin Place: Lucas Hnath Unspools a Minimalist Ghost Story
★★★☆☆ Not much happens in this slight play by the author of ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’
Judgment Day: The Roar, and Lure, of the Crowd
★★★★★ Ödön von Horváth’s morally charged thriller gets a fresh adaptation (by Christopher Shinn) in a stunning new production
Judgment Day: Odon von Horvath’s 1937 Anti-Mob-Rule Play Rules
★★★★☆ Richard Jones directs a Park Avenue Armory extravaganza of Christopher Shinn’s adaptation
one in two: Donja R. Love Turns HIV Statistics Into Stage Warning
★★★☆☆ Edward Mawere, Leland Fowler, Jamyl Dobson act the reality of the black HIV-positive gay man
one in two: An Absurdist Look at a Serious Issue
★★★☆☆ The sadly familiar story of a black man living with HIV gets an absurdist twist
Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven: Stephen Adly Guirgis Strikes Again
★★★★★ An overstuffed, engrossing, masterful new play from Pulitzer winner Guirgis
Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven: A Purgatory Where Women Lead, and Suffer
★★★★☆ The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright finds humor, despair and survival in a halfway house
Greater Clements: Things Fall Apart, Over and Over Again
★★★★☆ Samuel D. Hunter crafts an excellent play, starring Judith Ivey and Edmund Donovan, from sad realities