'Birthright' Off Broadway Review: The Year's Best New Play (So Far) Is a Jewish 'Big Chill'

No, it's not that birthright controversy, the one the Supreme Court is supposed to decide this week, despite birthright citizenship being guaranteed in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Playwright Jonathan Spector writes about another birthright in his great, controversial and very funny new play, which opened Monday at the MCC Theater after its 2024 world premiere at Miami New Drama. "Birthright" easily takes its place as the best new play of the year (so far), and one of its longest. Clocking in at three hours 20 minutes, this sprawling three-act play spans nearly two . . .