Dante or Die’s immersive, site-specific solo play is a powerful meditation on technology and mortality. Lane Williamson reviews.
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Articles by Lane Williamson
4 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Michaels at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 19-December 1
By Lane Williamson
The latest entry in Richard Nelson’s “Rhinebeck Panorama” is missing the alchemy that made the previous plays so successful. Lane Williamson reviews.
25 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: What if they went to Moscow? at BAM Fisher & BAM Rose Cinemas
BAM Fisher ⋄ October 23-October 27
By Lane Williamson
Brazillian director Christiane Jatahy brings her theatre-and-film adaptation of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” to BAM in an excavation of three women’s psyches. Lane Williamson reviews.
20 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation at The Triad Theatre
The Triad Theatre ⋄ September 18-November 30
By Lane Williamson
The latest version of the long-running spoof of Broadway musicals succeeds with spoofs of Oklahoma! and Fosse/Verdon, but is often too harsh to be enjoyed. Lane Williamson reviews.
16 October 2019
Reviews • Regional
Review: Little Shop of Horrors and The Light in the Piazza in Los Angeles
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion ⋄ Sep 17-Oct 20 (Little Shop), Oct 12-Oct 20 (Piazza)
By Lane Williamson
Two musical revivals in Los Angeles don’t live up to their material, but Mj Rodriguez delivers a stunning performance at the Pasadena Playhouse. Lane Williamson reviews.
30 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: White Noise at NYU Skirball
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ September 20-September 22
By Lane Williamson
Daniel Fish’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel is more focused on the “tapestry of the book’s language” than conveying its plot. Lane Williamson reviews.
26 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Jason Danieley at Feinstein’s/54 Below
54 Below ⋄ September 18-September 21
By Lane Williamson
Jason Danieley gives a “Heart to Heart” in this honest, moving cabaret show about his late wife, Marin Mazzie. Lane Williamson reviews.
20 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Novenas for a Lost Hospital at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater ⋄ September 5-October 13
By Lane Williamson
The West Village of the past is resurrected in Cusi Cram’s elegiac play that happens in and around Rattlestick’s theatre, bringing to life the AIDS patients and the saints that inhabited St. Vincent’s Hospital. Lane Williamson reviews.
8 August 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Coriolanus at the Delacorte Theater
Delacorte Theater ⋄ July 16-August 11
By Lane Williamson
Daniel Sullivan’s near-future production allows this rarely performed Shakespeare play to show its political and kinda gay colors. Lane Williamson reviews.
2 August 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Judy Doomed Us All at the New Ohio Theatre
New Ohio Theatre ⋄ July 24-July 27
By Lane Williamson
Nancy Reagan and a tornado both descend on a small Kansas town, but only one of them causes destruction in Rat Queen Theatre Company’s new play. Lane Williamson reviews.