Daniel Krane and Joey Sims contemplate what might make virtual theater appointment viewing–and appreciate quarantine theater that’s polished enough to criticize.
Off-Broadway
6 August 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Who’s There? at Ice Factory 2020
August 4-8
By Loren Noveck
A piece of big ideas that feels more about positions than people. Loren Noveck reviews.
31 July 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: we need your listening at Ice Factory Festival
online ⋄ 30th July - 2nd August 2020
By Nicole Serratore
A Zoom show about listening and distance offers moments of connection, with a surprise appearance of a cat. Nicole Serratore reviews.
25 July 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Beginning Days of True Jubilation at Ice Factory 2020
July 24-26
By Loren Noveck
The first piece in an all-virtual Ice Factory festival uses corporate meeting technology to deconstruct the trajectory of a tech start-up. Loren Noveck reviews.
23 July 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Weir at Irish Repertory Streaming
online ⋄ 21st – 25th July 2020
By Patrick Maley
An online rendering of Conor McPherson’s The Weir highlights our pandemic loneliness. Pat Maley reviews.
9 July 2020
Features • Broadway • NYC • Off-Broadway
How The Doors Were Opened, and What Comes Next
By Joey Sims
The George Floyd protests opened up theater lobbies and has prompted a new dialogue about theater and race. Joey Sims investigates.
24 June 2020
Features • NYC • NYC Features • Off-Broadway
Stage Managing One Zoom At A Time
By Joey Sims
Stage managers pivot to Zoom. Joey Sims reports on how this job has shifted in pandemic times.
28 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Joinification Ceremony for the Church of FemAnimism
online ⋄ Monthly Church Services
By Janaki Ranpura
7 Daughters of Eve and Sibyl Kempson gather worshipers together for a delicate new form of theater-church. Janaki Ranpura gives thanks and praise.
28 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Homebound Project Second Edition
online ⋄ 20th of May -24th of May 2020, Additional series in June
By Daniel Krane
The Homebound Project offers a tasty theatrical buffet with 11 bite-sized shorts by playwrights like Anne Washburn and Ngozi Anyanwu. Daniel Krane sups on the series’ sustenance.
20 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
online ⋄ 18th - 24th May 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Revisiting a personally pivotal Daniel Kitson show now streaming online, Nicole Serratore visits her past self.