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Articles by Loren Noveck
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.
16 December 2019
Reviews
Review: Sing Street at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ November 25-January 26
By Loren Noveck
NYTW’s new musical gets the joys of being in a band just right…but is that enough to make a satisfying show? Loren Noveck isn’t quite sure.
14 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Straights at JACK
JACK ⋄ December 5-21
By Loren Noveck
A #selfie-filled road trip through a broken America. Loren Noveck reviews.
28 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fefu and Her Friends at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ November 16-December 8
By Loren Noveck
María Irene Fornés’s groundbreaking work of environmental theater still feels radical forty years later. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ November 1-24
By Loren Noveck
This immersive theater piece tackles the weight of 400 years of black American history with both humor and horror. Loren Noveck reviews.