Working on a Sri Lankan-Australian Epic, He Learned His Family’s Past by Laura Collins-Hughes

As the acclaimed “Counting and Cracking” makes its North American debut, the playwright describes the work as “my soul on a plate.”

Kara Young Is Charming in Rom-Com ‘Table 17’ Following Her Tony Win by Laura Collins-Hughes

The Tony winner leads a top-notch cast in Zhailon Levingston’s alluringly designed production of Douglas Lyons’s hopeful new play.

15 Shows to See on Stages Around the U.S. This Fall by Laura Collins-Hughes

Matthew Broderick stars in “Babbitt” in Washington, D.C., and five companies nationwide will stage Eboni Booth’s Pulitzer-winning play “Primary Trust.”

28 Broadway and Off Broadway Shows to See This Fall by Laura Collins-Hughes

New York stages are welcoming Robert Downey Jr., Adam Driver, Audra McDonald and more this season.

Two New Musicals Poke at the Seamy Underbelly of the American Dream by Laura Collins-Hughes

Kristin Chenoweth stars in “The Queen of Versailles” in Boston, while a new “Gatsby” musical in Cambridge takes Myrtle seriously.

‘Six Characters’ Review: Making the Case Against a White-Centric Theater by Laura Collins-Hughes

At Lincoln Center Theater, Phillip Howze’s daring new play offers a hefty critique but takes aim at more targets than it can accommodate.

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Review: Sprinkling Magic Under a Night Sky by Laura Collins-Hughes

Fun is the main point of Carl Cofield’s stylish outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s comic fantasy for the Classical Theater of Harlem.

‘Pre-Existing Condition’ Review: Recovering From a Traumatic Relationship by Laura Collins-Hughes

Marin Ireland’s play opens with Tatiana Maslany in a rotating cast of stars, and “What Became of Us” continues its own experiment with changing casts.

Jessica Lange and Paula Vogel on Breaking, and Keeping, the Family Contract by Laura Collins-Hughes

In the Tony-nominated “Mother Play,” the writer conjures warm memories and thorny ones, not to judge her mother, but to understand — and to forgive.

‘What Became of Us’ Review: Reflections on a Family’s Immigration Tale by Laura Collins-Hughes

Shayan Lotfi’s topical play about a family building a new life in a new country leaves the details vague, deliberately.

What if the Disabled Characters Were Just Going About Their Day? by Laura Collins-Hughes

Madison Ferris and Danny J. Gomez star in the meet-cute “All of Me” — proof that depictions of disability onstage don’t have to be “a buzz kill,” as Ferris puts it.

Book Review: ‘The Playbook,’ by James Shapiro by Laura Collins-Hughes

In “The Playbook,” James Shapiro offers a resonant history of the Federal Theater Project, a Depression-era program that gave work to writers and actors until politics took center stage.

‘The Lonely Few’ Review: Rocking Out and Falling in Love by Laura Collins-Hughes

Lauren Patten and Taylor Iman Jones star in an achingly romantic, softly sexy new musical by Rachel Bonds and Zoe Sarnak.

Review: In ‘Invasive Species,’ the Acting Bug Bites, Dramatically by Laura Collins-Hughes

Maia Novi stars in her play about a Hollywood-struck actress from Argentina who stops at Yale’s drama school and an inpatient psych ward on her way.

Betty Buckley Is Not Wedded to the Same Old Songs by Laura Collins-Hughes

The actress is back in concert mode at 76, and doing new material. She’s also looking forward to a bold new take on “Sunset Boulevard.”

‘The Keep Going Songs’ Review: Vexed by Grief and Worried About the Planet by Laura Collins-Hughes

Abigail and Shaun Bengson muse on death in their latest work, but its looseness makes it hard to get a handle on.

Jessica Lange on Her Role in ‘Mother Play’ and a Tony Nomination by Laura Collins-Hughes

A Starry Cast Navigates ‘Uncle Vanya’ and ‘Every Emotion Under the Sun’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper, Alison Pill and Anika Noni Rose discuss the new translation of Chekhov that brought them to the farm.

Review: A New ‘Great Gatsby’ Leads With Comedy and Romance by Laura Collins-Hughes

This musical adaptation, now on Broadway, is a lot of Jazz Age fun. But it forgot that Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel endures because it is a tragedy.

Review: ‘Grenfell’ Sees Tower Fire Through Residents’ Eyes by Laura Collins-Hughes

At St. Ann’s Warehouse, this documentary play about a London fire is blood-boiling and aggrieved.

‘Agreement’ and ‘Philadelphia, Here I Come!,’ Two Irish Imports by Laura Collins-Hughes

“Agreement,” at Irish Arts Center, and “Philadelphia, Here I Come!,” at Irish Repertory Theater, have a timeless feel, rooted in their eras and resonant in ours.

‘Corruption’ Review: Onstage, a Scandal’s Human Drama Is Muffled by Laura Collins-Hughes

A new play by J.T. Rogers goes behind the scenes of the shady “news-gathering” that rocked Rupert Murdoch’s British media empire over a decade ago.

‘Dead Outlaw’ Review: Not Much of a Bandit, but What a Corpse by Laura Collins-Hughes

The creators of “The Band’s Visit” return with this mischievous ghost story of a musical based on an odd slice of Old West history.

Review: In ‘Brooklyn Laundry,’ There’s No Ordering Off the Menu by Laura Collins-Hughes

John Patrick Shanley’s new play, starring Cecily Strong and David Zayas, is a romantic comedy with a penchant for the resolutely dismal.

Review: Seeking Purpose Among the Dead in ‘Spiritus/Virgil’s Dance’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

Dael Orlandersmith’s slender new solo play is a meditation on living that seems also like a curveball response to loss.

‘Bark of Millions’ Review: Taylor Mac’s Rock Opera at BAM by Laura Collins-Hughes

If Taylor Mac and Matt Ray’s four-hour rock opera were aiming to succeed on aural gorgeousness and visual spectacle alone, there would be no cause to quibble.

Review: In ‘Jonah,’ Starring Gabby Beans, Trust Nothing, and No One by Laura Collins-Hughes

Gabby Beans shines as a time-hopping protagonist tracing her trauma in Rachel Bonds’s slip-slidey new Off Broadway play.

Two Theater-Making Couples Reflect on Mortality and Renewal by Laura Collins-Hughes

A meditation on mortality and renewal, “The Following Evening” presents mirror images of two married pairs of theater makers.

‘Days of Wine and Roses’ Review: Romance on the Rocks by Laura Collins-Hughes

Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are superb as a midcentury-modern couple free-falling into addiction in Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel’s musical.

Review: In ‘Aristocrats,’ an Irish Dynasty Confronts Reality by Laura Collins-Hughes

A once-powerful clan gathers for a family wedding and muddles through the facts and fiction of their past and present.

Three Festival Shows Explore Toxic Society by Laura Collins-Hughes, Naveen Kumar and Juan A. Ramírez

“Queens of Sheba” and “Volcano” at Under the Radar, and “Bacon,” at International Fringe Encore Series, expound on identity, captivity and violence.