Can the neon lights of Broadway make it possible for us to separate the less salubrious aspects of Michael Jackson’s life from his musical legacy? Juliet Hindell reviews.
NYC
25 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Long Day’s Journey into Night at the Minetta Lane Theatre
Minetta Lane Theatre ⋄ 18 January-20 February
By Cameron Kelsall
The Tyrones face the opioid crisis and Covid-19 in Robert O’Hara’s contemporary production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
23 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: This Beautiful Future at Theaterlab
Theaterlab ⋄ 13 January-30 January
By Lane Williamson
Young love ignores the consequences in a thrilling new play by Rita Kalnejais. Lane Williamson reviews.
20 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Whisper House at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 11 January-6 February
By Lane Williamson
Ghostly troubadours haunt a lighthouse during World War II in a new musical from Kyle Jarrow and Duncan Sheik. Lane Williamson reviews.
11 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe at The Shed
December 21, 2021 to February 6, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Is it soup? Or is it art? And how good is the soup, anyway? Loren Noveck reviews.
20 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Company on Broadway
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre ⋄ 15th November 2021 to 26th June 2022
By Nicole Serratore
A gender-swapped Company leaves the leading lady without a voice. Nicole Serratore reviews.
13 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Flying Over Sunset at Lincoln Center Theater
Vivian Beaumont Theatre ⋄ November 11, 2021-February 6, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Cary Grant, Aldous Huxley, and Clare Boothe Luce walk into a bar…except the bar is a Malibu estate and they’re all on acid. Loren Noveck finds the hook irresistible, but the execution less interesting.
7 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Mrs. Doubtfire at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Stephen Sondheim Theatre ⋄ Open Ended
By Juliet Hindell
Though it may be a crowd-pleasing romp, this adaptation of the beloved film feels curiously dated. Juliet Hindell reviews.
6 December 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Selling Kabul at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ November 17-December 23, 2021
By Loren Noveck
Sylvia Khoury’s new play explores the anguishing human costs of the United States’s “Forever War” in Afghanistan. Loren Noveck reviews.
26 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Medicine at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ November 11-December 12
By Daniel Krane
Daniel Krane finds not a lot to hold on to in Enda Walsh’s “brusque and often alienating” new play.