With intimacy and intensity, Riz Ahmed performs a personal gig-storytelling show that looks at the complexities of post-colonial identity. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Off-Broadway
1 February 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bloodshot: The Call at Exponential Festival
online ⋄
By Nicole Serratore
A short film sequel to a film noir stage show set during a fictional plague now mirrors our real one. Nicole Serratore reviews.
11 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Iran at Under the Radar
online ⋄ January 7-17, 2021
By Loren Noveck
What does it mean to live our lives on the backwards timeline of Instagram? Loren Noveck reviews.
10 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Disclaimer at Under the Radar
online ⋄ 7th-17th January 2021
By Nicole Serratore
A gathering of absent family by proxy jumpstarts an important conversation about Middle Eastern representation and humanity. Nicole Serratore reviews.
7 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Thousand Ways (Part One): A Phone Call
Phone Call ⋄ 21st of December 2020 - 17th of January 2021
By Daniel Krane
A new work by 600 Highwaymen as part of the Under the Radar festival asks strangers on a phone call to share with each other. Daniel Krane reviews.
21 December 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Pen/Man/Ship at Moliere in the Park
online ⋄ Streaming through January 4
By Loren Noveck
Christina Anderson’s script and Lucie Tiberghien’s direction combine with brilliant design elements into an extremely well-executed piece of digital theater. Loren Noveck reviews.
24 October 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy
online ⋄ October 20-November 15
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck doesn’t quite know whether to laugh or cry at this workplace comedy about Russian social media trolls that’s both terrifyingly realistic and absurdly hilarious.
20 October 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Circle Jerk
online ⋄ Through 7th November 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Going full maximalism, this live streaming show is skewering satire of white supremacy in gay circles.
5 October 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Baby Jessica’s Well-Made Play
Over the Phone ⋄ Through 22nd November 2020
By Nicole Serratore
An interactive, phone-based show makes you think about celebrity, media, history, and memory. Nicole Serratore reviews.
21 August 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: the 7th voyage of egon tichy
July 30-ongoing
By Daniel Krane
Daniel Krane and Joey Sims contemplate what might make virtual theater appointment viewing–and appreciate quarantine theater that’s polished enough to criticize.