Jesse Eisenberg’s new play features a curiously flat performance from Susan Sarandon as a community theatre star. Lane Williamson reviews.
NYC
29 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Continuity at New York City Center Stage II
New York City Center - The Studio at Stage II ⋄ May 8-June 9
By Joey Sims
Bess Wohl tackles the spectre of climate change via a film set, but stretches the limits of plausibility along the way. Joey Sims reviews.
28 May 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: All My Sons at American Airlines Theatre
American Airlines Theatre ⋄ Through 30th June 2019
By Nicole Serratore
The performances still make Arthur Miller’s play rattle albeit in a pedestrian, literal production. Nicole Serratore reviews.
23 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Feral at 59 E 59 Theater
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 14th May - 9th June 2019
By Nicole Serratore
Skillful design is failed by a contrived, thin narrative in this puppet-driven show. Nicole Serratore reviews.
23 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: BLKS at MCC Theater
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ 21st of May – 2nd June 2019
By Ayanna Prescod
Overpacked with events, Aziza Barnes’s 90-minute new play provides characters worth spending more time with. Ayanna Prescod reviews.
22 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Lunch Bunch at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ May 17-May 28
By Loren Noveck
“Pretzels are not a side dish.” The stakes of brown-bag lunches are higher than you might think. Loren Noveck reviews.
20 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Octet at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ April 30-June 23
By Caroline Cao
Dave Malloy’s new chamber musical features an a cappella group of internet addicts excavating their relationships with the World Wide Web. Caroline Cao reviews.
20 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Mac Beth at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
May 7-June 9
By Alison Walls
Erica Schmidt’s adaptation filters Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” through the lens of murderous teen girls to differing results. Alison Walls reviews.
19 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: High Button Shoes at New York City Center
New York City Center ⋄ May 8-May 12
By Lane Williamson
A dusty Jule Styne musical from 1947 inspired later works, but fails to make a case for its second life. Lane Williamson reviews.
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