In “Dig,” it becomes time for science class when the curmudgeonly but sweet owner of the plant store at its center goes into a paragraphs-long description of photosynthesis. He is not talking about ...

A nearly dead houseplant sets in motion the plot of “Dig,” an engaging and funny new play about regeneration and renewal—the human kind—written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, a Primary Stages ...

Sometimes, in watching a play, you get the surreal, frictionless feeling of seeing one event after another pile up in front of you without a sense of why it’s all happening. The characters may explain ...