This hauntingly beautiful chamber opera by Garrett Fischer and Ellen McLaughlin gets a stunning production at Prototype. Loren Noveck reviews.
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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.
16 September 2019
Reviews
Review: Wives at Playwrights Horizons
August 23-October 6
By Loren Noveck
Jaclyn Backhaus’s latest is a feminist confection full of cheerily subversive little soap bubbles of delight. Loren Noveck reviews.
27 July 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Douglas at the Daryl Roth Theatre
Daryl Roth Theatre ⋄ July 23-August 17
By Loren Noveck
What do you do after the show that blows up the very premises of your chosen art form? A show named after your dog, of course. Loren Noveck reviews.
13 July 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: No One Is Forgotten at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater ⋄ July 8-July 27
By Loren Noveck
Winter Miller crafts an investigation into the absurdity of terror. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Veil Widow Conspiracy at 4th Street Theatre
4th Street Theatre ⋄ June 8-July 6
By Loren Noveck
Gordon Dahlquist’s new play for NAATCO is intriguingly intricate but doesn’t quite live up to its potential. Loren Noveck reviews.