1. 1. Things We Want

   Ethan Hawke directs Jonathon Marc Sherman’s new work about a heartbroken cooking-school dropout who moves back into his family’s apartment.

2. 2. Celebrity Row

   Itamar Moses’s political play about famous residents in Colorado’s Supermax prison (Ted Kaczynski and Timothy McVeigh, among others). Directed by Oskar Eustis, the Public’s new artistic leader.

3. 3. O Jerusalem

   A. R. Gurney’s new drama about a State Department official who becomes involved in Middle Eastern politics about the time of 9/11.

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