Thomas Bradshaw’s new play leans into its awkwardness and is all the better for it. Lane Williamson reviews.
NYC
2 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fall River Fishing at the Connelly Theater
Connelly Theater ⋄ February 18-March 9, 2023
By Loren Noveck
What begins as a stylishly absurd comedic treatment of Lizzie Borden goes to a much stranger place, with mixed but enjoyable results. Loren Noveck reviews.
2 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: LOVE at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 25 Feb-25 March
By Lane Williamson
Alexander Zeldin’s play, a slice-of-life in a temporary housing facility, makes its U.S. debut in a quietly stirring production. Lane Williamson reviews.
27 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window at BAM
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ February 4-March 24
By Loren Noveck
This Lorraine Hansberry revival substitutes bitter truths for bohemian illusions. Loren Noveck reviews.
21 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Bright New Boise at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ 31 January-12 March
By Lane Williamson
A revival of Samuel D. Hunter’s 2010 play feels like a relic from playwriting past, but even a dated Hunter play is worthwhile. Lane Williamson reviews.
16 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Wanderers at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 26 January-2 April
By Cameron Kelsall
Anna Ziegler’s novelistic new work about writers, their parents, and Katie Holmes playing an actress meanders through tedium. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
9 February 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Pictures from Home at Studio 54
Studio 54 ⋄ January 10-April 30, 2023
By Juliet Hindell
Whose truth are we witnessing when playwright Sharr White fictionalizes photographer Larry Sultan’s photo memoir of his parents? Juliet Hindell reviews.
6 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Audience at La Mama
La Mama ⋄ February 2-February 19, 2023
By Juliet Hindell
A 1975 play by Václav Havel, brought to life with marionettes, remains relevant in our age of technological surveillance. Juliet Hindell reviews.
2 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Endgame at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Irish Repertory Theatre ⋄ 25 Jan-12 Mar
By Lane Williamson
Beckett’s play is revived, but doesn’t fully come to life in a new production starring Bill Irwin and John Douglas Thompson. Lane Williamson reviews.
24 January 2023
Reviews • Cabaret • NYC
Review: Jennifer Simard: Can I Get Your Number? at 54 Below
54 Below ⋄ 20 January-21 January
By Lane Williamson
A lauded Broadway comedian shows more range in an exciting solo cabaret debut. Lane Williamson reviews.