Dave Malloy’s new chamber musical looks at how we felt when the world broke, with rawness and compassion. Loren Noveck reviews.

Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel feels timely in Will Davis’s revival. Loren Noveck reviews.

Death is the uninvited guest at a pre-reunion pre-game party in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new play, expertly directed by Eric Ting. Loren Noveck reviews.

Quiara Alegría Hudes’s adaptation of her memoir is more of an unusually creative literary reading than a play. Loren Noveck reviews.

The music is bangin’, but Lauren Yee’s script and Chay Yew’s direction never quite free themselves from the obvious. Alison Walls notes a lot of missed opportunities to be daring.

In an otherwise “formulaic family tragedy,” a standout performance by Pat Bowie raises the stakes. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Terry Kinney’s revival of Sam Shepard paints a bleak picture of an American dream hanging over the abyss. Loren Noveck reviews.