Theater in Quarantine offers scarily accurate time travel to those awkward teen years in Honestly Sincere. Nicole Serratore reviews.
NYC
11 March 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Letter to My Father at M-34
online ⋄ February 19-March 28, 2021
By Dylan Hoffman
Franz Kafka is trapped in an endless argument with the man who inspired all the inscrutable tyrants who populate his writing: Franz’s own father. Dylan Hoffman reviews.
24 February 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Long Goodbye at BAM/MIF
online ⋄ Through 1st March 2021
By Nicole Serratore
With intimacy and intensity, Riz Ahmed performs a personal gig-storytelling show that looks at the complexities of post-colonial identity. Nicole Serratore reviews.
1 February 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bloodshot: The Call at Exponential Festival
online ⋄
By Nicole Serratore
A short film sequel to a film noir stage show set during a fictional plague now mirrors our real one. Nicole Serratore reviews.
11 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Iran at Under the Radar
online ⋄ January 7-17, 2021
By Loren Noveck
What does it mean to live our lives on the backwards timeline of Instagram? Loren Noveck reviews.
10 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Disclaimer at Under the Radar
online ⋄ 7th-17th January 2021
By Nicole Serratore
A gathering of absent family by proxy jumpstarts an important conversation about Middle Eastern representation and humanity. Nicole Serratore reviews.
7 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call
Phone Call ⋄ 21st of December 2020 - 17th of January 2021
By Daniel Krane
A new work by 600 Highwaymen as part of the Under the Radar festival asks strangers on a phone call to share with each other. Daniel Krane reviews.
21 December 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Pen/Man/Ship at Moliere in the Park
online ⋄ Streaming through January 4
By Loren Noveck
Christina Anderson’s script and Lucie Tiberghien’s direction combine with brilliant design elements into an extremely well-executed piece of digital theater. Loren Noveck reviews.
18 December 2020
Reviews • NYC
Review: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Netflix
online ⋄ Available 18th December 2020
By Nicole Serratore
A stage-to-screen adaption of August Wilson’s play, showcases an electric Viola Davis and an incandescent Chadwick Boseman in his final screen appearance. Nicole Serratore reviews.
17 December 2020
Reviews • NYC • NYC Regional
Review: Animals at Williamstown Theatre Festival/Audible
Available from 16th December 2020
By Cameron Kelsall
Stacy Osei-Kuffour’s play may be written for the stage, but as an audio drama critic Cameron Kelsall finds it one of the strongest pivots he’s encountered in the reimagined 2020 theater world.