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"Familiar" by Danai Gurira, at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Conn., through Feb. 21. Pictured: Pictured: Kimberly Scott, Cherise Boothe and Saidah Arrika Ekulona.
Love and luck, death and disease, real estate and unreal states are some of the themes of the week on U.S. stages.
By American Theatre Editors
“The Best Brothers” by Daniel MacIvor, at the Williamston Theatre in Williamston, Mich. through Mar. 1. Pictured: Tony Caselli and John Lepard. (Photo by Chris Purchis)
“The Biggest Little House in the Forest,” adapted by Rosanna Staffa from the book by Djemma Bider, at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis through Mar. 15. Pictured: Autumn Ness. (Photo by Dan Norman)
“Dear Elizabeth” by Sarah Ruhl, from the letters of Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell, at Seattle Repertory Theatre through Mar. 8. Pictured: Suzanne Bouchard and Stephen Barker Turner. (Photo by Alan Alabastro)
“Familiar” by Danai Gurira, at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Conn., through Feb. 21. Pictured: Pictured: Kimberly Scott, Cherise Boothe and Saidah Arrika Ekulona.
“Fly” by Trey Ellis and Ricardo Khan, at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota, Fla., through Apr. 4. Pictured: Terrell Wheeler, Shane Taylor and Greg Brostrom. (Photo by Maria Lyle)
“Good People” by David Lindsay-Abaire, at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Fla., through Mar. 1. Pictured: Anne-Marie Cusson, Denise Cormier and Peggy Roeder. (Photo by Frank Atura)
“Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, at The Public Theater in New York City through Apr. 5. Pictured: Renee Elise Goldsberry, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Phillipa Soo. (Photo by Joan Marcus)
“How to End Poverty in 90 Minutes,” created by Michael Rohd and Sojourn Theatre, at Portland Playhouse in Portland, Ore., through Feb. 22. Pictured: Alex Tey. (Photo by Brud Giles)
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” by Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos, at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach, Fla., through Mar. 1. Pictured: Kate Hampton and Jim Ballard. (Photo by Alicia Donelan)
“Les Miserables” by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, at Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville, Ga. through Mar. 1. (Photo by Chris Bartelski)
“Lucky Me” by Robert Caisley at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City, Iowa.
“Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” by Anne Washburn, at Theater Wit in Chicago through Mar. 1. Pictured: Leah Urzendowski, Andrew Jessop, Daniel Desmarais and Christina Hall. (Photo by Charles Osgood)
“Peter and the Starcatcher” by Rick Elice, at ZACH Theatre in Austin through Mar. 1. (Photo by Kirk Tuck)
“A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, at Open Stage of Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pa., through Feb. 22. Pictured: Leonard Dozier, Jessica Gondwe and Madison Bond.
“Ruined” by Lynn Nottage, at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, Md., through Mar. 8. Pictured: Dawn Ursula and Zurin Villanueva.
(Photo by Stan Barouh)
“Sweet Pea’s Mama” by Robert Lawrence Nelson, at Detroit Repertory Theatre in 2015. Pictured: Jenaya Jones Reynolds and Aaron Kottke.
“Three Sisters” by Anton Chekhov, adapted by Tracy Letts, at the Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward, Calif., through Mar. 8. Pictured: Miriam Ani, Daria Hepps and Kate Dunlop Tomatis. (Photo by Terry Sullivan)
“Under the Skin” by Michael Hollinger, at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia in 2015. Pictured: Julianna Zinkel, Craig Spidle and Biko Eisen-Martin. (Photo by Mark Garvin)
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