James Phillips’ award-winning 2005 play was inspired by the story behind the execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1953 for allegedly providing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Esther and Jakob Rubenstein are the fictional Jewish couple, whose similar fate is a given…

Joshua Harmon can make you laugh and cringe simultaneously. He gives his characters space for long rants – and plenty of rope to hang themselves. In his earlier hit comedy Bad Jews, relationships come under strain when family members are forced together for their…