Pulled Down From the Sky, Still Lethal

Remembering Amiri Baraka With Politics and Poetry

By ANNIE CORREAL

Thousands of people attended funeral services for Mr. Baraka, the poet and playwright who helped forge the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and who died Jan. 9.

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Theater Review | 'BigMouth'

A Bit of Bush and bin Laden

By ANDY WEBSTER

“BigMouth,” from the Belgian actor-writer-director Valentijn Dhaenens, jostles together the words of speechmakers throughout history.

Theater Review | 'Machinal'

Woman Trapped in Modern Times (1920s Edition)

By BEN BRANTLEY

A desperate life blazes amid devouring shadows in the Roundabout Theater Company’s intensely stylish revival of “Machinal.”

Theater Review | 'King Lear'

With Rage, He Flails in a World Gone Deaf

By BEN BRANTLEY

In “King Lear” at the BAM Harvey Theater, Frank Langella manifests a tyrant’s reflexes in a multitude of keys.

Theater Review | 'I Am the Wind'

Converse All You Want, but Don’t Expect Connection

By BEN BRANTLEY

Jon Fosse’s “I Am the Wind,” at 59E59 Theaters, finds two men in a boat, lost on the ocean.

A Veteran Returns to Gettysburg

By LAURA BENNETT

Jessica Dickey, who grew up near Gettysburg, Pa., explores the Civil War in her new play, “Row After Row,” at City Center.

Theater Review | 'The Surrender'

A Personal Pleasure, and Eager to Share It

By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

Toni Bentley’s erotic memoir, “The Surrender,” is now a one-woman play at the Clurman Theater.

Theater Review | 'I Could Say More'

Beach Weekend as Drill for a Double Root Canal

By LAURA COLLINS-HUGHES

In “I Could Say More,” a play written by and starring Chuck Blasius at the Hudson Guild Theater, a writer’s beach house party devolves into tumult.