This “history play about 2017” punctures liberal certainties, but maybe not enough of them. Loren Noveck reviews.
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24 October 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy
online ⋄ October 20-November 15
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck doesn’t quite know whether to laugh or cry at this workplace comedy about Russian social media trolls that’s both terrifyingly realistic and absurdly hilarious.
6 August 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Who’s There? at Ice Factory 2020
August 4-8
By Loren Noveck
A piece of big ideas that feels more about positions than people. Loren Noveck reviews.
25 July 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Beginning Days of True Jubilation at Ice Factory 2020
July 24-26
By Loren Noveck
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.
5 May 2020
Features
Viral Content for Our Viral Moment?
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck muses on capturing a little bit of live theater’s spark in Instagram monologues.
25 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: We’re Gonna Die at the Tony Kiser Theater
Tony Kiser Theater ⋄ February 4-March 22
By Loren Noveck
Big, bold directorial choices don’t enhance Young Jean Lee’s intimate musical. Loren Noveck reviews.
18 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Anatomy of a Suicide at Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company ⋄ February 1-March 15, 2020
By Loren Noveck
Director Lileana Blain-Cruz finds the delicate beauty in Alice Birch’s intricately woven portrait of despair. Loren Noveck reviews.
12 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) at La Mama
La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theater ⋄ February 6-15, 2020
By Loren Noveck
Stories that cry out to be told, in a play that doesn’t always succeed in telling them. Loren Noveck reviews.
14 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Opera
Review: Blood Moon at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Baruch Performing Arts Center ⋄ January 9-17
By Loren Noveck
This hauntingly beautiful chamber opera by Garrett Fischer and Ellen McLaughlin gets a stunning production at Prototype. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Venus in Gemini at the Loading Dock
Loading Dock ⋄ January 10-12
By Loren Noveck
Lady twin astronaut geniuses don’t quite generate a successful launch. Loren Noveck reviews.