A fable about war and capitalism that finds wit, heart, and sexiness in unexpected places. Loren Noveck reviews.
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8 June 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Snow in Midsummer at Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company ⋄ May 20-July 9
By Loren Noveck
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s adaptation of a 13th-century Chinese drama has power and ideas to spare, but the whole is sometimes less than the sum of its parts. Loren Noveck reviews.
8 June 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Quince at the Bushwick Starr
Bushwick Starr ⋄ June 2-19, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Sweet but not sappy, tart but not sour: this tale of a quinceañera is visually striking and has a lot of heart. Loren Noveck reviews.
26 May 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fat Ham at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ May 12-July 3, 2022
By Loren Noveck
The quintessence of Hamlet, brilliantly and hilariously distilled into a young Black queer Southern man singing karaoke to Radiohead’s “Creep” at a backyard wedding barbecue. Loren Noveck reviews James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize winner at the Public Theater.
21 May 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Will You Come With Me? at MITU580
MITU580 ⋄ May 11-June 5, 2022
By Loren Noveck
A Turkish playwright homes in on the intersection of love and activism. Loren Noveck reviews.
8 May 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Wedding Band at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ April 28-May 15
By Loren Noveck
Another lost classic by Alice Childress returns to the New York stage with a strong message but a muddy production. Loren Noveck reviews.
6 April 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Suffs at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ March 13-May 15, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Shaina Taub’s new musical tells a nuanced and complex history of the fight for women’s suffrage. Loren Noveck reviews.
19 March 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Book of Mountains and Seas at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ March 15-20, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Basil Twist’s simple, haunting puppets embody ancient Chinese myths. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 March 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: what you are now at Ensemble Studio Theatre
Ensemble Studio Theatre ⋄ March 10-April 3, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Exposition bogs down a play about the neuroscience of memory and the persistence of trauma. Loren Noveck reviews.
26 February 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Wolf Play at Soho Rep
Soho Rep ⋄ February 4 through March 20, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Hansol Jung’s new play at Soho Rep asks what it means to make a family, and how we live when that goes wrong. Loren Noveck reviews.