June Squibb (Marjorie) and Cynthia Nixon (Tess) in Jordan Harrison's Marjorie Prime , directed by Anne Kauffman, Second Stage/Hayes Theater. Photo: Joan Marcus. Jordan Harrison’s  Marjorie Prime , a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, was first produced in New York at Playwrights Horizons in 2015. Back then, this excellent futuristic play about bereaved people using AI avatars of their deceased loved ones for comfort and companionship struck me as a remarkably imaginative though

Laurie Metcalf as Sarah and Micah Stock as Ethan in Samuel D. Hunter's Little Bear Ridge Road , directed by Joe Mantello, Booth Theatre. Photo: Michael Brosilow. Watching Samuel D. Hunter’s Broadway debut, Little Bear Ridge Road , which was first staged last year at Steppenwolf, I found myself reflecting on how complicated it must be to be effectively branded America’s national poet of heartland bleakness. This has been Hunter’s inevitable lot, at least since the film of The

Oedipus , created by Robert Icke after Sophocles. Mark Strong (Oedipus) and Lesley Manville (Jocasta). Photo: Julieta Cervantes The British directing star Robert Icke specializes in contemporary adaptations of classics. He writes and directs them, proudly insisting that they only deserve attention if they hold their own as current plays. No foreknowledge of the originals should be needed. “When you deliver a classic,” he says, “your primary responsibility is to try and catch