A creative retelling of an old tale performed with verve and playfully written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays. Patrick Maley reviews.
Off-Broadway
13 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Commons at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 6th - 23rd February 2020
By Nicole Serratore
A roommate comedy from Lily Akerman too frequently skims the surface. Nicole Serratore reviews
12 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) at La Mama
La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theater ⋄ February 6-15, 2020
By Loren Noveck
Stories that cry out to be told, in a play that doesn’t always succeed in telling them. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hamlet at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ 1st February - 8th March 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Ruth Negga stars in this traditional Hamlet which uses a rich visual language but lacks emotional punch. Nicole Serratore reviews.
5 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center - Romulus Linney Courtyard Theater ⋄ January 16 - March 22
By Maya Phillips
The musical adaptation of the Swinging Sixties film doesn’t know what to make of its sexually liberated foursome. Maya Phillips reviews.
5 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Medea at the BAM Harvey Theater
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ January 12 - March 8
By Lane Williamson
Simon Stone turns Euripides’ “Medea” to ash and Rose Byrne crawls from the flames in a reworking at BAM. Lane Williamson reviews.
3 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Timon of Athens at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ January 11-February 9
By Ran Xia
This rarely produced Shakespeare play “illuminates the utter divide between the rich and the poor.” Ran Xia reviews.
2 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Stew at Walkerspace
Walkerspace ⋄ January 20-February 22
By Alison Walls
Zora Howard adds subtlety and depth to the kitchen sink drama. Alison Walls reviews.
31 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Paris at Atlantic Stage 2
Atlantic Stage 2 ⋄ 8 January-16 February, 2020
By Juan A. Ramirez
Juan Ramirez finds more repetitions of an idea than productive variations on a theme in Eboni Booth’s new play for the Atlantic.
30 January 2020
Features • NYC • NYC Features • Off-Broadway
Exeunt NYC Recommends: February 2020
By Exeunt Staff
Off-Broadway dominates this month’s recommendations column. Our critics celebrate the diversity of material on display all over New York City stages.