Skillful design is failed by a contrived, thin narrative in this puppet-driven show. Nicole Serratore reviews.
NYC
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
14 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Curse of the Starving Class at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ April 23-June 2
By Loren Noveck
Terry Kinney’s revival of Sam Shepard paints a bleak picture of an American dream hanging over the abyss. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 May 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Hadestown at Walter Kerr Theatre
Walter Kerr Theatre ⋄ Through 5th January 2020
By Patrick Maley
Anaïs Mitchell’s new musical is a moving drama full of heartbreak and hope.
8 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ April 16-May 12
By Alicia Kort
In this dramatization of a real document from 1942, American soldiers have a little too much fun in a quaint British town and are given the titular pamphlet to tame their Yankee impulses. Alicia Kort reviews.