The Dance of Death in “The Comeuppance” In Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new play, at Signature Theatre, friends gathering for their twenty-year high-school reunion are each inhabited by the Reaper himself. June 12, 2023 Summer Theatre Preview David Byrne and Fatboy Slim’s “Here Lies Love” on Broadway, Ato Blankson-Wood’s “Hamlet” in the Park, Robert Icke’s “The Doctor,” and more. May 12, 2023 The Big City Stars on Broadway In “New York, New York,” directed by Susan Stroman, and “Good Night, Oscar,” starring Sean Hayes, the city is both the setting and a lead character. May 1, 2023 Soap Operas as Guiding Light Experimental theatre and soap tropes commune in Julia Izumi’s “Regretfully, So the Birds Are” and Michael R. Jackson’s “White Girl in Danger.” April 13, 2023 The Country Corn of “Shucked” Despite its lack of unitary purpose, this new musical comedy, with songs by Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, is idiotic in the best possible way. April 6, 2023 A Sonically Thrilling Revival of “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway Sondheim’s music and lyrics gleam as bright as ever, even when the production loses its edge. March 30, 2023 The Wounded Bluesmen of “Hang Time” In Zora Howard’s play, at the Flea, three Black men hanging in midair discuss their world views, seemingly stuck in the gray gap between life and death. March 27, 2023 History Repeats Itself in the Broadway Revival of “Parade” Ben Platt stars as the doomed Leo Frank in Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown’s all too relevant musical tragedy. March 16, 2023 Jessica Chastain’s Close Listening in “A Doll’s House” Jamie Lloyd’s ascetic production of Ibsen’s 1879 drama eliminates nearly every conventional marker of character, location, or gesture. March 9, 2023 A Minor Play by Lorraine Hansberry Gets Lost in a Major Revival Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star in “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.” March 3, 2023