Will Eno’s latest play shuffles the deck of life and the cards come up with varying degrees of satisfaction. Dan O’Neil reviews.
NYC
21 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Crucible at the Connelly Theater
Connelly Theater ⋄ November 8-December 29
By Patrick Maley
Bedlam puts the actors where the audience would be in this gripping revival of Arthur Miller’s play. Patrick Maley reviews.
21 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: History of Violence at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ November 13-December 1
By Juan A. Ramirez
A real life attack of sexual violence is refracted through multiple perspectives and the distance of memory in this adaptation of an Édouard Louis novel from the Schaubühne Berlin. Juan A. Ramirez reviews.
21 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The End of Eddy at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ November 14-November 21
By Joey Sims
A stage adaptation of Édouard Louis’ queer coming of age novel brings up our writer’s own childhood memories. Joey Sims reviews.
19 November 2019
Features • NYC • Off-Broadway
Theatre Row Makes Space For The Kitchen Sink
By Joey Sims
Theatre Row gets reinvented with new residencies, a staff change, and a facelift. Joey Sims investigates these changes.
19 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Evita at New York City Center
New York City Center ⋄ November 13-November 24
By Lane Williamson
Director Sammi Cannold’s vision works overtime to erase some of the ingrained misogyny in this classic musical. It’s mostly successful and features a revelatory performance from Solea Pfeiffer. Lane Williamson reviews.
18 November 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre ⋄ Through September 2020
By Ayanna Prescod
A high energy performance from Adrienne Warren and delectable choreography provide the dazzle in this biographical musical. Ayanna Prescod reviews.
16 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Seared at Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ 28 October-22 December
By Teresa Kilzi
Live cooking notwithstanding, Theresa Rebeck’s newest play serves a plateful of stale tropes and underseasoned ideas about masculinity. Teresa Kilzi reviews.
13 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fires in the Mirror at Signature Theatre
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ 22 October-15 December
By Maya Phillips
Anna Deveare Smith was one of the creators of verbatim theater. Maya Phillips finds the fire of her 1992 play still intact in this revival performed by Michael Benjamin Washington.
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.