The Theatre
In Tracy Letts’s “Bug,” Crazy Is Contagious
A Broadway revival arrives at a moment when paranoia plots are everywhere.
Matthew Broderick Stars as the Titular Grifter in “Tartuffe”
It’s been the year of Molière, and therefore the year of the liar, the hypocrite, the poseur, the clown.
Memory Speaks in “Marjorie Prime” and “Anna Christie”
June Squibb sparkles opposite Cynthia Nixon in a futuristic drama, and Michelle Williams loses her way in Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize winner.
“This World of Tomorrow” and “Oedipus” Dramatize the Power of the Past
Tom Hanks plays a time-travelling tech titan, and Mark Strong and Lesley Manville star in a modern tragedy.
Kristin Chenoweth’s Uneven Gilt Trip in “The Queen of Versailles”
The Broadway veteran stars as a Marie Antoinette wannabe in a musical about excess, and Anne Washburn goes post-apocalyptic with “The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire.”
Laurie Metcalf’s Stunning Return to Broadway in “Little Bear Ridge Road”
The playwright Samuel D. Hunter tailors a family drama to the actress’s specific gifts; at Powerhouse: International, the artist Carolina Bianchi explores violence against women.
Yasmina Reza’s “Art” Feeds Our Appetite for Argument as Entertainment
Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris play friends who spar over almost everything.
The Return of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Masterpiece, “The Brothers Size”
A gifted cast elevates the poetic drama at the Shed.
A Merry and Rambunctious “Twelfth Night” in Central Park
At the newly renovated Delacorte, Saheem Ali directs a celebrity-packed production that is comically inventive but rarely stirring.
Williams in Williamstown
Jeremy O. Harris, at his first Williamstown Theatre Festival as creative director, turns up the heat under rare works by the great Southern playwright.