A conventional plot mires a post-Sandy Coney Island tale in Rinne Groff’s new play. Loren Noveck reviews.
Off-Broadway
13 July 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: whatdoesfreemean? at The Tank
The Tank ⋄ 6th - 22nd July 2018
By Ran Xia
Ran Xia reviews Catherine Filloux’s latest play about women in detention.
9 July 2018
Reviews • NYC • NYC Regional • Off-Broadway
Leonard Bernstein’s Peter Pan at Bard College
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts ⋄ 28th June to 22nd July 2018
By Nicole Serratore
An experimental, gender fluid Peter Pan delights and fascinates. Nicole Serratore reviews.
9 July 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Borders at Next Door at NYTW
Next Door at NYTW ⋄ 5th - 22nd July 2018
By Charlotte Arnoux
Charlotte Arnoux reviews Henry Naylor’s two-hander about Western ignorance of the Syrian conflict.
2 July 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Pass Over at Lincoln Center Theater – Claire Tow
Claire Tow Theater ⋄ To 15th July 2018
By Patrick Maley
Patrick Maley reviews Antoinette Nwandu’s urgent call to action against police killings of black men.
22 June 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Teenage Dick at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 20th June - 15th July 2018
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall reviews Ma-Yi Theater’s subversive transposition of Richard III to a contemporary American high school.
21 June 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: This is Modern Art at Next Door at NYTW
Next Door at NYTW ⋄ 2nd to 23rd June 2018
By Ran Xia
Is graffiti “the last line of defense for effective advocacy?” Ran Xia reviews Blessed Unrest’s portrait of Chicago’s graffiti scene.
18 June 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Manufacturing Mischief at The Tank
The Tank ⋄ 5th to 24th June 2018
By Loren Noveck
Puppets drive a Chomsky-esque investigation into current technological advances. Loren Noveck reviews.
8 June 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Secret Life of Humans at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 31st May - 1st July 2018
By Nicole Serratore
With an ambitious visual landscape, this compulsively-watchable devised piece looks into what makes us human. Nicole Serratore reviews.
31 May 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Peace for Mary Frances at Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ To 17th June 2018
By Joey Sims
Lily Thorne painstakingly makes quiet drama of an undramatic death. Joey Sims reviews.