Openings and Previews
The Belle of Belfast
DR2
The Irish Rep stages Nate Rufus Edelman's play, directed by Claudia Weill, in which a hard-living woman in war-torn Belfast seeks comfort from her parish priest. In previews. Opens April 23.
Early Shaker Spirituals
St. Ann's Warehouse
The Wooster Group revives its piece based on an album of Shaker songs, directed by Kate Valk. With Cynthia Hedstrom, Elizabeth LeCompte, Frances McDormand, and Suzzy Roche. Opens April 23.
Forever
New York Theatre Workshop
Dael Orlandersmith performs a semiautobiographical solo show, directed by Neel Keller, inspired by her pilgrimage to the Père Lachaise cemetery, in Paris. In previews. Opens May 4.
The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek
Pershing Square Signature Center
Athol Fugard wrote and directs this play, about a black farm laborer in apartheid-era South Africa who has painted an entire garden on rocks. In previews.
Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic
Liberty
Cynthia von Buhler wrote and directs this immersive work, which transforms a former Broadway house into a lavish Jazz Age milieu to tell the story of a Ziegfeld girl's death by poisoning. In previews. Opens April 26.
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Theatre for a New Audience presents Fiasco Theatre's version of the Shakespeare comedy, directed by Jessie Austrian and Ben Steinfeld. In previews. Opens April 30.