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Ms. Diamond's play, having its New York premiere, focuses on four racially diverse characters with connections to Harvard.
Kecia Lewis stars in the Classic Stage Company production, which shifts Brecht's antiwar drama to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In Guillermo Calderón's play, the setting is a classroom, and the lesson is about guerrilla warfare.
Written by Catrina McHugh, this short play at the Fourth Street Theater portrays the experiences of several female inmates during incarceration.
Mr. Frayn's comedy depicting a company of second-tier actors performing in a British sex farce is at the American Airlines Theater through March 6.
A Beatles ballad and an "Annie" anthem blend in Annie Dorsen's hourlong work at La MaMa, part of the Coil festival.
The life story of a woman is told in this show from the company 600 Highwaymen, but the actors are 9 or 10 years old.
In Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's 1622 Jacobean tragedy, at the Lucille Lortel, a young noblewoman needs a hit man.
Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble's show at the Public combines elements of a yoga class with a multimedia exploration of the dynamics of attraction.
The revue, which has been running in San Francisco since 1974, still feels fresh and goofy.
Closings on Jan. 3 also include "The Humans," "Hand to God," "Dames at Sea" and "Thérèse Raquin."
This musical about a Jewish milkman honors the spirit of the 1964 original and includes scenes of beleaguered townspeople that look familiar today.
Ms. Chin's solo show travels from her childhood in Jamaica to her life as a gay adult New York performer who longs for a stable relationship and a child.
Written by Rolin Jones and with songs by Billie Joe Armstrong, this Atlantic Theater Company production updates "Much Ado About Nothing" to London in the '60s.
At the Flea Theater, the cast insists on interactivity during Todd Shalom and Niegel Smith's willfully weird play.
Four playwrights, three vocalists, the troupe Siti Company and the Bang on a Can All Stars interpret the folk tale of John Henry in this production.
Directed by Diane Paulus, this musical by Griffin Matthews and Matt Gould is drawn from Mr. Matthews's real experiences working in Africa.
The show, by Griffin Matthews, was inspired by his work at an orphanage in Uganda.
Neil Jones's play at City Center focuses on warring fashion designers, including one who travels to the future for inspiration.
Simple feats by magicians, not the music and laser beams, are the most impressive part of this show at the Neil Simon Theater.
Mr. Offerman plays Ignatius J. Reilly, the lead character in John Kennedy Toole's comic novel, "A Confederacy of Dunces," in Huntington Theater Company's adaptation.
In her new solo play, at the Abrons Arts Center, Nilaja Sun depicts a struggling Lower East Side family, as well as various friends and neighbors.
A tiny theater in Chicago is a showcase for a sweeping and deep new work by David Rabe, in powerful form.
This revival revolves around a group of Jewish men being rounded up in France under German occupation.
The play by Marguerite Duras, involving a grandmother and granddaughter, is being presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Fishman Space.
