Skillful design is failed by a contrived, thin narrative in this puppet-driven show. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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17 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Ashita no Ma-Joe: Rocky Macbeth at Japan Society
Japan Society ⋄ 15th-18th May 2019
By Nicole Serratore
Absurd and kooky, but an effective transposition of Macbeth to a boxing ring by Japanese company Kaimaku Pennant Race. Nicole Serratore reviews
4 May 2019
Reviews • Dialogues and debates • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Estado Vegetal at BAC
Baryshnikov Arts Center ⋄ 2nd -3rd May 2019
By Nicole Serratore
Nicole Serratore, a human, and Phyl, a plant, discuss a funny, probing show which looks at plant intelligence and life.
17 March 2019
Reviews
Review: Five Easy Pieces at NYU Skirball
7th-9th March 2019
By Nicole Serratore
A meditation on abuse, power, and control in performance and beyond. Nicole Serratore reviews.
7 February 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Trial of the Catonsville Nine at Abrons Arts Center
Abrons Arts Center ⋄ 16th January - 23rd February 2019
By Nicole Serratore
A look at historic Vietnam War activism takes a detached archival approach. Nicole Serratore reviews.
6 February 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical at Town Hall
Town Hall Theatre ⋄ 3rd February 2019
By Nicole Serratore
Capitalism comes for all of us but I did not know it could taste this sweet. Nicole Serratore reviews a live candy commercial for reasons she does not understand.
21 January 2019
Features • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review Round-Up: An Exponential Festival Sampler
By Nicole Serratore
At the 4th annual Exponential Festival, Nicole Serratore finds frequent laughs and is only mildly hostile about taking off her shoes.
13 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Minefield at NYU Skirball
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ Through January 13th 2019
By Nicole Serratore
With rage, confusion, pain, and release a group of veterans unburden themselves with their stories of the past. Nicole Serratore reviews.
11 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Everything is Imaginable at New York Live Arts
New York Live Arts ⋄
By Nicole Serratore
Jack Ferver’s evening of dance that centers queerness, obsession, and pain finds moments of levity and fun while delving deep.
26 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Nassim at New York City Center
New York City Center - The Studio at Stage II ⋄
By Nicole Serratore
Can you create friendship and connection when you are controlling the audience? Nicole Serratore reviews the new play by Nassim Soleimanpour.