Review: The Ferryman at Bernard Jacobs Theatre
Like one of those Celtic knots, Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman, a story about a family in Northern Ireland set in 1981 amid the heyday of IRA menace, wills and weaves ...
Review: The Waverly Gallery at Golden Theatre
The Waverly Gallery, on Broadway for the first time twenty years after its premiere, shows off playwright Kenneth Lonergan’s well-honed ability to craft naturalistic dialogue. But in chronicling how dementia ...
A Dialogue on Dialogues
In the wake of Ben Brantley and Jesse Green’s much-discussed joint review of King Kong, Exeunt NYC’s staff gathered to consider the virtues and drawbacks of a form the site ...
Review: The Cher Show at Neil Simon Theatre
The thing about The Cher Show is that, at some point, you pass through the veil of real life where things like logic and sense bear down and you emerge ...
Review: Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine at Signature Theatre
Undine Barnes (Cherise Boothe), fabulous and successful New York PR agent, is a self-made woman: she was born Sharona Watkins, a black girl from the Brooklyn projects who got a ...
Reviews
Review: About Alice at Theatre for a New Audience
Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Does this love letter succeed in rectifying the public image of a lost soul mate? Alicia Kort reviews.
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Most Memorable Theater of 2018
We share what shows and performances stayed with us in 2018.
1 January
Reviews
Review: Maestro at The Duke on 42nd Street
The Duke on 42nd St
A bio-play about Arturo Toscanini is drowned out by its own music. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
15 January
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Review: Choir Boy at Manhattan Theatre Club
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Tender coming-of-age play with stirring music has grown since its Off-Broadway debut and provides shattering moments and an astonishing central performance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
14 January
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Review: Train With No Midnight at HERE Arts Center
HERE Arts Center
Joseph Keckler's song cycle mixes an operatic baritone voice with pop music harmonies to create a distinctive theatrical beast. Lane Williamson reviews.
13 January
Reviews
Review: Minefield at NYU Skirball
NYU Skirball Center
With rage, confusion, pain, and release a group of veterans unburden themselves with their stories of the past. Nicole Serratore reviews.
13 January
Features
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Exeunt NYC Recommends: Winter
Broadway and music and festivals -- oh my! New York has it all this winter, and our critics share their top picks for December and January.
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A Dialogue on Dialogues
Our critics discuss the merit of dialogue reviews, the New York Times experimenting with them, and King Kong.
Exeunt Staff
Exeunt NYC Recommends: November
Timely and topical plays debut on and off Broadway this November. A bit farther uptown, a Puccini masterpiece returns to the Metropolitan Opera for its hundredth anniversary. Our staff recommend all that and more!
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Exeunt NYC Recommends: October
Elaine May returns to Broadway. Anne Bogart brings ancient Greece to Brooklyn. Bedlam mashes up two classic plays. Our staff recommends all that and more this October.
Reviews
Review: Everything is Imaginable at New York Live Arts
New York Live Arts
Jack Ferver's evening of dance that centers queerness, obsession, and pain finds moments of levity and fun while delving deep.
11 January
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Review: Minor Character at Under the Radar Festival
Public Theater
Six translations of Uncle Vanya at the same time. Absurdism ensues. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 January
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Review: The Dead, 1904 at American Irish Historical Society
American Irish Historical Society
Immersive with a meal, this adaptation of James Joyce is still a bit dry (as was the roast turkey). Cameron Kelsall eats and reviews.
11 January
Reviews
Review: Ink at Under the Radar Festival
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ink builds a link with artisans of the past, via the materiality of art objects. Curtis Russell reviews.
11 January
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Exeunt NYC Recommends: September
From saints to computers to the Constitution, we have many new works to recommend this month.
25 June
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Exeunt NYC Recommends: Summer
As the summer festivals begin and things quiet down on Broadway and Off, we have some theatrical treats to keep you busy around town and out-of-town.
18 June
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Confess Your Theater Sexual Awakening
Our critics confess the formative sexy shows, performances, and moments that stirred them.
4 June
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Taking Solace in the Comfort of Queer Art Created for Queer Audiences
Kev Berry reflects on Penny Arcade's Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! at Performance Space New York.