Swinging lights. Broadway beefs. Words of wisdom. And a restroom serenade. If only some of the highlights were on TV.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PMThis formulaic offering from the author of “Dinner With Friends” chronicles the havoc wrought when a black sheep returns to the family fold.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54PMThis revival of Christopher Shinn’s 2007 drama about a widow of the Iraq war keeps its audience at a distance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMA splendid Kathryn Erbe plays a sheltered housewife thrown into limbo in Selina Fillinger’s thoughtful, poignant new play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMSean Donovan’s multidisciplinary performance piece, set in an isolated rural retreat, finds the chill in summer hedonism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:12PMJez Butterworth’s Tony-nominated family drama retains its fierce grip with a new cast led by Brian d’Arcy James.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMIn Dave Malloy’s ravishing new a cappella chamber musical, members of an addiction support group compare notes on getting lost in the web.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMJesse Eisenberg’s wobbly new play, which also stars Marin Ireland, casts Ms. Sarandon against type as a flamboyant suburban community theater diva.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PMAdventurous directors and galvanizing performances made for unexpected — and very welcome — departures on what once felt like the Staid White Way.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36AMTerry Kinney’s unbalanced Sam Shepard revival, with Maggie Siff and David Warshofsky, finds the prophecy in a wild and woolly play from the 1970s.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMThe last of this season’s Encores! musicals in concert, starring Michael Urie, resurrects a 1947 show that feels nostalgic for nostalgia.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMChristopher Chen’s contemplative drama at Soho Rep uses E.M. Forster’s “A Passage to India” as a template for exploring, and exploding, nationalism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMTorben Betts’s comedy of catastrophe, at the Brits Off Broadway festival, portrays a television cooking show host in a state of disastrous denial.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:04AMNew York Times theater critics on a Tonys roster that highlighted originality, if not diversity, and made room for some welcome surprises.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMAn amazing Cillian Murphy portrays both a grieving dad and the mythical bird who takes over his life in Enda Walsh’s adaptation of Max Porter’s novel.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMAdapted from Tim Burton’s 1988 film, this hyperkinetic musical, starring Alex Brightman as a madcap ghoul, tries too hard to haunt.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMWhile electrifying new plays challenged their audiences, “To Kill a Mockingbird” and colorblind musicals catered to the crowds.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00AMJames Graham’s invigorating play about London journalism goes on a journey to the tabloid underworld — and the American present.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMHalley Feiffer stars opposite Hamish Linklater in her new comedy of anguish, which begins with a memorably chilling first date.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMThis uncanny, phantasmagorical work from the Lightning Rod Special troupe is a musical cabaret about abortion. That’s right.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:44PMAs a born-to-lose presidential contender, Laurie Metcalf is exasperation incarnate in Lucas Hnath’s play, which also stars John Lithgow.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMIn this imbalanced revival of Lanford Wilson’s play, also starring Keri Russell, Mr. Driver unleashes the full, scorching power of his talent.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMBen Whishaw and Renée Fleming provide the oxygen in Anne Carson’s hypnotic and exasperating work, which imagines the actress as a Euripides heroine.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:15PMDaniel Fish’s wide-awake revival of an American classic gives us an “Oklahoma!” for our own age of anxiety, without ever betraying its source.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMIn Sam Gold’s haphazard production of Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Ms. Jackson demonstrates her singular intelligence as an actress.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMIn Mara Nelson-Greenberg’s fitfully funny play, a female empathy coach faces the insuperable challenge of teaching men some compassion.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMThis three-hour-plus portrait of the creation and destruction of the house of Lehman, directed by Sam Mendes, is an endlessly absorbing epic tragedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:03PMThis shrewdly assembled show, directed by Des McAnuff, considers the interchangeability of a crew of Motown’s finest, though there’s plenty of star shine, too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMIn her enthralling study of interracial relationships, featuring a brilliant Daveed Diggs, Suzan-Lori Parks parses the lies we live by.
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