Review: West Side Story at Broadway Theatre
The hallmarks that define Ivo van Hove’s work are all present in his new revival of West Side Story. There’s the stark minimalism, the muted color palette, the live video, ...
Finding Connection With Theater Online
A friend who shall go unnamed recently wrote to me, in one of many despondent threads I have going right now: “Tell you one thing I am absolutely not engaging ...
Online Theater: The Familiar vs. The New
Joey Sims: The comfort of the familiar? During quarantine we have seen a huge response for streams of well-known shows, such as Phantom of the Opera; recordings from big-name theaters, like ...
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 ...
Review: Hamlet at Festival D'Avignon 2008
Lars Eidinger enters the scene wearing nothing but lace boyshorts and thigh high stockings. He applies stage blood to drip from his nipples. He dons a blond wig and sunglasses. ...
Reviews
Review: we need your listening at Ice Factory Festival
online
A Zoom show about listening and distance offers moments of connection, with a surprise appearance of a cat. Nicole Serratore reviews.
31 July
Features
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.
26 July
Reviews
Review: Beginning Days of True Jubilation at Ice Factory 2020
The first piece in an all-virtual Ice Factory festival uses corporate meeting technology to deconstruct the trajectory of a tech start-up. Loren Noveck reviews.
25 July
Reviews
Review: The Weir at Irish Repertory Streaming
online
An online rendering of Conor McPherson's The Weir highlights our pandemic loneliness. Pat Maley reviews.
23 July
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Reviews
Review: A School for Fools
online
Belarus Free Theatre expands the boundaries of a laptop or tablet with their imaginative livestream experience. Daniel Krane reviews.
15 July
Features
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.
9 July
Features
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.
Exeunt Staff
Online Theater: The Familiar vs. The New
Our critics gather to talk about what theater they are watching online and why.
Loren Noveck
Viral Content for Our Viral Moment?
Loren Noveck muses on capturing a little bit of live theater's spark in Instagram monologues.
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.
Reviews
Review: Joinification Ceremony for the Church of FemAnimism
online
7 Daughters of Eve and Sibyl Kempson gather worshipers together for a delicate new form of theater-church. Janaki Ranpura gives thanks and praise.
28 May
Reviews
Review: The Homebound Project Second Edition
online
The Homebound Project offers a tasty theatrical buffet with 11 bite-sized shorts by playwrights like Anne Washburn and Ngozi Anyanwu. Daniel Krane sups on the series' sustenance.
28 May
Reviews
Review: The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
online
Revisiting a personally pivotal Daniel Kitson show now streaming online, Nicole Serratore visits her past self.
20 May
Reviews
Review: Performance for One
online
A one-on-one theater theater piece online asks questions about the role of audience and the power of memory. Nicole Serratore reviews.
18 May
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28 March
Nicole Serratore
Letter from the Editor
Thinking of you all during this unprecedented moment.
28 March
Joey Sims
Two Weeks of Theater Streaming
Self-isolation has led to an explosion of online theater streaming options. Joey Sims shares a few.
1 March
Exeunt Staff
Exeunt NYC Recommends: March 2020
Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Claudia Rankine, Rose Byrne, Katrina Lenk, and Katori Hall -- those names barely scratch the surface of all there is to offer on New York stages this month!
30 January
Exeunt Staff
Exeunt NYC Recommends: February 2020
Off-Broadway dominates this month's recommendations column. Our critics celebrate the diversity of material on display all over New York City stages.