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Broadway Mini Review: “Becky Shaw” at Second Stage’s Helen Hayes Theatre (Through Sunday, June 14, 2026)

April 6, 2026 | Broadway > | Alden Ehrenreich, Becky Shaw, costume designer Kaye Voyce, David Roberts, Gina Gionfriddo, Helen Hayes Theatre, Lauren Patten, lighting designer Stacey Derosier, Linda Emond, Madeline Brewer, Marc J. Franklin, New York Theatre Reviews, Patrick Ball, scenic designer David Zinn, sound designer M.L. Dogg, Theatre Reviews, Theatre Reviews Limited, Trip Cullman

For six scenes, “Becky Shaw” unfolds in shadows – David Zinn’s dark grays, Stacey Derosier’s moody shafts of light illuminating secrets and lies. Then, in scene seven, everything floods with brightness: whites, creams, merciless clarity. It’s a design choice that mirrors Gina Gionfriddo’s thematic strategy – dragging uncomfortable truths into the light. “Unless you’re Gandhi or Jesus, you have a…

Off-Broadway Review: “Can You Forgive Her?” Flounders at the Vineyard Theatre

After presenting a season that included the engaging “This Day Forward” by Nicky Silver and the soaring “Kid Victory” by Greg Pierce and John Kander, the iconic Vineyard Theatre has chosen to present Gina Gionfriddo’s mostly disappointing “Can You Forgive Her.” Billed as a “ferociously funny story of lost souls grappling with emotional and financial dependence, and the costs of…