Helen Shaw

What’s happening this season in music, movies, television, dance, art, and theatre.

The playwright Samuel D. Hunter tailors a family drama to the actress’s specific gifts; at Powerhouse: International, the artist Carolina Bianchi explores violence against women.

Heather Christian and Jordan E. Cooper create two very different versions of spiritual inquiry.

Also: Ben and Amy Stiller’s poignant documentary about their parents, the lustrous songs of Neko Case, a new dive bar with pizza, and more.

The British buzz merchant Jamie Lloyd directs Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in Samuel Beckett’s 1954 tragicomedy; plus, “All Right. Good Night.,” from Rimini Protokoll.

Bobby Cannavale, James Corden, and Neil Patrick Harris play friends who spar over almost everything.

A gifted cast elevates the poetic drama at the Shed.

At the newly renovated Delacorte, Saheem Ali directs a celebrity-packed production that is comically inventive but rarely stirring.

In this year’s offerings, the mood ranged from baffled sorrow to laughter in extremis, reflecting our unsettled times.

What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this fall.