Review: Joinification Ceremony for the Church of FemAnimism
In these socially-distant times, can we find ways to enjoy live performance together? Sibyl Kempson and her company, 7 Daughters of Eve, have invented an online form that shows we ...
Theater 2020: The Season That Wasn't
It seems unlikely that live performance will happen again in 2020. We usually do a wrap-up at the end of the year of our most memorable theater experiences. With only a ...
Review: Animals at Williamstown Theatre Festival/Audible
Wine flows freely in Animals, a crackling new play by Stacy Osei-Kuffour. So do insults, recriminations, and long-simmering resentments. This dinner party from Hell, co-produced by Williamstown Theatre Festival and ...
Review: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on Netflix
An electric Viola Davis glows with sweat, rouge, and power in this successfully filmed version of August Wilson’s play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. If she is the immovable object in this ...
Stage Managing One Zoom At A Time
In early March, things were normal. Clarissa Ligon was production stage manager on Vineyard Theatre’s Dana H., which had four weeks remaining in its acclaimed, twice-extended run. Hannah Woodward was two days ...
Reviews
Review: Sanctuary City at the Lucille Lortel
Lucille Lortel Theatre
Two young undocumented immigrants struggle in Martyna Majok's new play, which leaves Loren Noveck heartsick at the state of the world.
21 September
Features
When the Theaters Reopened: Observations from South Korea
Thermal cameras, hand sanitizer, and masks are the new normal for theaters in Korea. Hansol Oh saw 10 shows there and reports on her summer of theatergoing.
29 August
Reviews
Review: Speak Softly, Go Far: Hannah Mamalis at Dublin Fringe Festival
online
An inventive audio show from comedian-storyteller Hannah Mamalis shifts our perspective. Nicole Serratore reviews.
20 September
Reviews
Sun & Sea at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher
A climate change opera with a sly libretto is undone by a casually messy staging in an undersized venue. Nicole Serratore reviews.
17 September
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Review: Pass Over at the August Wilson Theatre
August Wilson Theatre
Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu makes her Broadway debut with a play about two young Black men on a street corner that uses humor to set off devastating booby traps. Daniel Krane reviews.
31 August
Reviews
Review: Merry Wives at the Delacorte
Delacorte Theater
Delightful leading ladies but the chaos and comedy never seem to reach full throttle in this Shakespearean adaptation. Nicole Serratore reviews.
10 August
Features
Nicole Serratore
Theater of Your Mind: Closet Dramas and More
Various theater-adjacent projects offer alternatives for reading and interpreting theater at home. Nicole Serratore explores closet dramas and their ilk.
Exeunt Staff
Theater 2020: The Season That Wasn’t
With a shortened 2020 theater season, we focus on the exciting artists we came across in 2020 and who we want to see more from in a post-pandemic theater world order.
Joey Sims
How The Doors Were Opened, and What Comes Next
The George Floyd protests opened up theater lobbies and has prompted a new dialogue about theater and race. Joey Sims investigates.
Joey Sims
Stage Managing One Zoom At A Time
Stage managers pivot to Zoom. Joey Sims reports on how this job has shifted in pandemic times.
Reviews
Review: Emily Skinner: A Broad with a Broad Broad Mind at Feinstein’s/54 Below
54 Below
Emily Skinner lays all her quarantine feelings out on the cabaret table in her new show at Feinstein's/54 Below. Lane Williamson reviews.
5 August
Reviews
Review: Romantic Songs of the Patriarchy at the Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum
A veritable snowstorm of misogyny falls in this galvanizing installation performance from artist Ragnar Kjartansson. Nicole Serratore reviews.
12 July
Reviews
Review: Current at Arts Brookfield
Zuccotti Park
An audio installation leads you on a walk through Lower Manhattan and offers an invitation to the multiverse of New York City. Nicole Serratore reviews.
27 June
Reviews
Review: What If If Only at NAATCO (online)
online
Caryl Churchill's latest goes by in a flash and leaves you wishing for more. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 June
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10 May
Exeunt Staff
Online Theater: The Familiar vs. The New
Our critics gather to talk about what theater they are watching online and why.
5 May
Loren Noveck
Viral Content for Our Viral Moment?
Loren Noveck muses on capturing a little bit of live theater's spark in Instagram monologues.
17 April
Joey Sims
Finding Connection With Theater Online
While the impact of online theater varies, Joey Sims finds there is still connection to be made and even something new to discover.
28 March
Nicole Serratore
Letter from the Editor
Thinking of you all during this unprecedented moment.