First Nighter: Ars Nova's "Underground Railroad Game" Perhaps More Gamey Than Game by David Finkle

Aisle View: Nat Turner in Jail by Steven Suskin

The Experience of Beer Drinking Takes Center Stage by Damian Bazadona

First Nighter: Nilo Cruz's Touching 'Bathing In Moonlight' Needs More Light by David Finkle

The matriarch of the four-member household (Edward Pierce designed the appealing set) is Martina (Priscilla Lopez), who's

You Can't Stop Hairspray: NBC and the Revival by Cara Joy David

First Nighter: Nilo Cruz's Touching 'Bathing In Moonlight' Needs More Light by David Finkle

First Nighter: Shelagh Delaney's "A Taste of Honey" Tastily Revived by David Finkle

An intriguing take on these revivals is that they're both English plays of the 1950s, but there's a chasm between them--a

First Nighter: Shelagh Delaney's "A Taste of Honey" Tastily Revived by David Finkle

Aisle View: Richard Nelson, Back in the Kitchen by Steven Suskin

First Nighter: Kecia Lewis, Rebecca Naomi Jones Make "Marie and Rosetta" a Rockin'-Good Gospel Time by David Finkle

As Christopher Akerlind's lights rise, Rosetta in a glittering white gown has her eyes closed, while Marie in peach frock

First Nighter: Kecia Lewis, Rebecca Naomi Jones Make "Marie and Rosetta" a Rockin'-Good Gospel Time by David Finkle

Selling Broadway's Razzle Dazzle in a Tech-Fueled World by Damian Bazadona

First Nighter: Isabelle Huppert Humiliates Herself Again (and Again) in "Phaedra(s)" by David Finkle

A question does come to mind about an enterprise that has evidently made top European grades and, for one stop, has played

First Nighter: Isabelle Huppert Humiliates Herself Again (and Again) in "Phaedra(s)" by David Finkle

Aisle View: Ramen And Pastrami by Steven Suskin

First Nighter: Sarah DeLappe's Nifty "The Wolves," Honor Molloy's Numbing "Crackskull Row" by David Finkle

N.B.: Because the mid-West locale is contemporary and because these are today's teenagers and because DeLappe has a great

First Nighter: Sarah DeLappe's Nifty "The Wolves," Honor Molloy's Numbing "Crackskull Row" by David Finkle

Aisle View: Little Tin Music Box by Steven Suskin

First Nighter: Parodist Gerard Alessandrini Has His Happy "Spamilton" Go at Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" by David Finkle

Just before this thigh-slapper Alessandrini has Sondheim (Dewan Crawley) warn. a la "Children Will Listen" from Into the

First Nighter: Parodist Gerard Alessandrini Has His Happy "Spamilton" Go at Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" by David Finkle

Gordon Greenberg Lives His Dream at the Holiday Inn by Cara Joy David

A Return to Tony Award Swag on Broadway? by Cara Joy David

First Nighter: "The Layover," Leslye Headland's New Play Proves a Welcome Stay-Over by David Finkle

Mostly, though, they're imprisoned in their families. She's stuck caring for the father with whom from time to time she can

First Nighter: "The Layover," Leslye Headland's New Play Proves a Welcome Stay-Over by David Finkle

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First Nighter: N. C. Hunter's "A Day By the Sea" in a Tough, Touching Mint Theater Company Revival by David Finkle

Pendleton, who may be the busiest person in New York City's theater life, is attuned to Hunter's Chekhovian blend of disillusionment