Lovers of theater and performance can salute the return of the January festivals — Under the Radar, Coil, American Realness, the Exponential Festival, Prototype: Opera/Theater/Now, etc. This year, these celebrations, synchronized with the annual conference of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, sprawl across New York, from the deck of the U.S.S. Intrepid to the galleries of the Brooklyn Museum and to dozens of more traditional spaces. As international art stars display their wares, and hometown heroes angle for touring gigs, there are works that take inspiration from world events and shows that riff on movies real and imagined; pieces that let you sit undisturbed, and ones that demand active involvement. Here are lists of this month’s highlights by two critics for The New York Times. [Full Article]