Theater (Off Broadway)

Colman Domingo’s Nat King Cole Play Explores the “Psychology of an Artist’

Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor’s play “Lights Out” explores the beloved yet complicated performer who was subtly “advancing who we are as Americans.”

By Alan Light

Hanks, Tom Shed (Manhattan, NY) Theater Theater (Off Broadway) This World of Tomorrow (Play) Uncommon Type: Some Stories (Book)

Tom Hanks Will Perform His Play ‘This World of Tomorrow’ Off Broadway

“This World of Tomorrow,” based on the actor’s 2017 short story collection, is scheduled to begin performances in October at the Shed.

By Michael Paulson

Ali, Saheem Ayite, Dede Goddess (Play) Iman, Amber Public Theater Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Thurber, Michael

Review: How Music Came Down to Earth, in ‘Goddess’

Amber Iman lives up to the title of a musical about the divine gift of song.

By Jesse Green

Breslin, Michael (Playwright) Foley, Patrick M (Actor) Fuller, Keri Rene Pelsue, Rory Pershing Square Signature Theater The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse (Play) Theater Theater (Off Broadway)

‘The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse’ Review: Down the Y2K Clickhole

In Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley’s fizzy new musical, an internet sleuth searches for a pop star wannabe who went missing along with her low-rise jeans.

By Rhoda Feng