A one-on-one theater theater piece online asks questions about the role of audience and the power of memory. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Off-Broadway
30 April 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: What Do We Need To Talk About?
online ⋄ 29 April - 3 May 2020
By Joey Sims
Richard Nelson brings his Apply Family back for a Zoom call for our times. Joey Sims reviews the streaming experience.
17 April 2020
Features • NYC • Off-Broadway
Finding Connection With Theater Online
By Joey Sims
While the impact of online theater varies, Joey Sims finds there is still connection to be made and even something new to discover.
5 April 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hamlet at Festival D’Avignon 2008
Schaubühne Theatre ⋄ Streamed Online 1 April 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Mud, laughs, and tears. Nicole Serratore streams Hamlet with Lars Eidinger and she’s not okay.
18 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: 72 Miles to Go…at Roundabout Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ Suspended through April 12
By Joey Sims
Hilary Bettis’s new play works best when it trusts its smallness. Joey Sims reviews.
16 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Unknown Soldier at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ Cancelled as of 12 March 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Rebellious and fractious, this new musical never quite pulls off its intentional tonal dissonance. Nicole Serratore reviews.
11 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Endlings at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ February 19- March 29
By Joey Sims
Celine Song’s new play mixes brutal truth, barnstorming set pieces, and a bit of magic. Joey Sims reviews.
5 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Coal Country at Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 18th February - 5th April 2020
By Jordan G. Teicher
Potent, vivid documentary theater about 2010 West Virginia mine disaster with music by Steve Earle. Jordan G. Teicher reviews.
4 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Perplexed at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ February 11-March 29
By Juan A. Ramirez
Juan Ramirez finds no joy in this “lifeless production” of Richard Greenberg’s new play, with a “dire lack of dramatic tension.”
4 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Suicide Forest at A.R.T./New York Theatres
ART/New York ⋄ 25th February 25 - 15th March 2020
By Jordan G. Teicher
Haruna Lee’s surrealism, satire, and comedy serve a gut-wrenching play on gender, sexuality, immigration and trauma.