Podcast: Reflections on The World Only Spins Forward
Tony Kushner's epic play, Angels in America, had a famously messy birth and development. In their new book The World Only Spins Forward, authors Isaac Butler and Dan Kois, bring ...
Review: Mean Girls at August Wilson Theatre
The Mean Girls musical, with a book by Tina Fey, is based on her 2004 teen film. It stays close to its source text in which a home-schooled teen girl must navigate ...
Irrational Theater Dislikes: Our Critics Sound Off
We love theater. We really do. Except, all the things we hate about theater. Our critics share their mostly irrational, personal peccadilloes about stage devices, theater management, and design elements ...
What’s Wrong with Brand Name Art
Here’s an idea: a Broadway musical that you can actually talk about. And it happens to be majorly Tony-nominated.https://t.co/emxNDfFrFb — Peter Marks (@petermarksdrama) May 4, 2018 When I caught sight of a ...![(Photo By UpstateNYer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)](http://exeuntnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Times_Square_1.jpg)
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Welcome to ExeuntNYC, Exeunt Magazine’s dedicated portal for New York theater coverage. ExeuntNYC builds on Exeunt Magazine’s seven years of smart, thoughtful reporting and reviewing in New York. On the ...
Reviews
Review: Gettin’ the Band Back Together at Belasco Theatre
Belasco Theatre
Moments of comedy and a talented cast cannot make this regressive and generic Broadway musical vital. Alison Walls reviews.
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Features
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.
25 June
Reviews
Review: Twelfth Night at Delacorte Theater
Delacorte Theater
Lane Williamson reviews The Public Works' celebratory production, anchored by Shaina Taub's inventive score and lyrics.
2 August
Reviews
Review: Mary Page Marlowe at Second Stage Theater
Second Stage Theatre
Tracy Letts's play about the many lives within one woman takes some puzzle-solving. Loren Noveck reviews.
1 August
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Reviews
Review: Straight White Men at Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater
A sympathetic portrait of straight white men ends up one-note. Patrick Maley reviews.
30 July
Reviews
Review: The Damned at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory
Ivo van Hove directs the Comédie Française in an adaptation of the Luchino Visconti film. Molly Grogan reviews.
29 July
Features
Exeunt Staff
Confess Your Theater Sexual Awakening
Our critics confess the formative sexy shows, performances, and moments that stirred them.
Kev Berry
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.
Exeunt Staff
Exeunt NYC Recommends: June
Don't let the summer heat stop you from seeing some plays our critics recommend.
Reviews
Review: Dear Diary LOL at New Ohio Theatre
New Ohio Theatre
The horrors of adolescent get brought to the fore in this soul-bearing verbatim piece devised from teen diaries. Alicia Kort reviews
27 July
Reviews
Review: The End of Mermaids at Paradise Factory
Paradise Factory
Anya Richkind doesn't dive too deep in this coming-of-age story that gets gory. Jordan G. Teicher reviews.
23 July
Reviews
Review: Fire in Dreamland at The Public Theater
Public Theater
A conventional plot mires a post-Sandy Coney Island tale in Rinne Groff's new play. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 July
Reviews
Review: whatdoesfreemean? at The Tank
The Tank
Ran Xia reviews Catherine Filloux's latest play about women in detention.
13 July
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8 May
Nicole Serratore
What’s Wrong with Brand Name Art
Or Why You Should See SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical. Seriously. I Mean It. I’ll Wait. Go Buy Your Ticket Now.
26 April
Exeunt Staff
Exeunt NYC Recommends: May
With an array of new plays and revivals, our critics make their selections for theater to see in May.
2 April
Exeunt Staff
Irrational Theater Dislikes: Our Critics Sound Off
Irrational though they may be, our critics share the big and small things that bug them about the theater.
26 March
Exeunt Staff
Exeunt NYC Recommends: April
April brings with it a ton of Broadway openings but there's much to see beyond Broadway as well. Our critics recommend these hot tickets.