Suzan-Lori Parks negotiates masculinity, race, and the weight of American history. Loren Noveck reviews.
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18 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Alice by Heart at MCC Theater
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ January 30-April 7
By Loren Noveck
Alice’s rabbit hole reimagined as the London Underground during WWII: Does it work? Loren Noveck isn’t so sure.
14 March 2019
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Review: Hatef**k at WP Theater
WP Theater ⋄ March 3-March 31
By Loren Noveck
Can you really f**k someone into being a different person? Layla’s going to try. Loren Noveck reviews.
6 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Cake at Manhattan Theatre Club
Manhattan Theatre Club ⋄ February 12-March 31
By Loren Noveck
A sunny comedy about complicated issues fails to have its cake and eat it too. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 February 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Adam at NYU Skirball
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ February 14-16
By Loren Noveck
A transgender autobiography that affirms identity but doesn’t always satisfy theatrically. Loren Noveck reviews.
30 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: God Said This at the Cherry Lane
Cherry Lane Theatre ⋄ January 16-February 15
By Loren Noveck
A lack of trust leads to a lack of emotional impact in God Said This. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Minor Character at Under the Radar Festival
Public Theater ⋄ January 4-13
By Loren Noveck
Six translations of Uncle Vanya at the same time. Absurdism ensues. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Is This a Room at The Kitchen
The Kitchen ⋄ January 4-13
By Loren Noveck
Ripped from the headlines, Is This a Room uses an interrogation to interrogate the nature of power.
7 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein at Under the Radar Festival
Public Theater ⋄ January 3-12
By Loren Noveck
Sheer magic with shadows: Loren Noveck reviews Manual Cinema’s latest genre-bender.
11 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ November 19-January 6
By Loren Noveck
The tragicomic, or comitragic, epic journey of a woman who made herself once, and now has to do it all over again. Loren Noveck reviews.