OK, so maybe I can’t just grab a quick flight to NYC to experience Daniel Radcliffe’s performance in Every Brilliant Thing on Broadway. Good thing we’ve got a version of the Tony-nominated play at home. This solo show is a soothing antidote to the oppression of an increasingly bleak world. The single performer crafts a wholly unique (and partially audience-involved) story dictating all the reasons the character has for continuing their existence. Sweet escape into the void consistently tempts them through the years portrayed onstage. But this optimistic play contends that there’s always something worth living for. – Cat McCarrey
