Ghostly troubadours haunt a lighthouse during World War II in a new musical from Kyle Jarrow and Duncan Sheik. Lane Williamson reviews.
Reviews
11 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe at The Shed
December 21, 2021 to February 6, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Is it soup? Or is it art? And how good is the soup, anyway? Loren Noveck reviews.
20 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Company on Broadway
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre ⋄ 15th November 2021 to 26th June 2022
By Nicole Serratore
A gender-swapped Company leaves the leading lady without a voice. Nicole Serratore reviews.
13 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Flying Over Sunset at Lincoln Center Theater
Vivian Beaumont Theatre ⋄ November 11, 2021-February 6, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Cary Grant, Aldous Huxley, and Clare Boothe Luce walk into a bar…except the bar is a Malibu estate and they’re all on acid. Loren Noveck finds the hook irresistible, but the execution less interesting.
7 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Mrs. Doubtfire at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Stephen Sondheim Theatre ⋄ Open Ended
By Juliet Hindell
Though it may be a crowd-pleasing romp, this adaptation of the beloved film feels curiously dated. Juliet Hindell reviews.
6 December 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Selling Kabul at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ November 17-December 23, 2021
By Loren Noveck
Sylvia Khoury’s new play explores the anguishing human costs of the United States’s “Forever War” in Afghanistan. Loren Noveck reviews.
26 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Medicine at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ November 11-December 12
By Daniel Krane
Daniel Krane finds not a lot to hold on to in Enda Walsh’s “brusque and often alienating” new play.
23 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Morning Sun at New York City Center – Stage I
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 12 October - 19 December
By Lane Williamson
Simon Stephens’ new play focuses on the ordinary life of one woman in Greenwich Village, but what makes the ordinary worth depicting on stage? Lane Williamson reviews.
18 November 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Trouble in Mind at the American Airlines Theatre
American Airlines Theatre ⋄ October 29, 2021 through January 9, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Alice Childress’s long-delayed Broadway debut marries simmering rage and sharp satire, and holds an uncomfortable mirror up to the theater world we still inhabit. Loren Noveck reviews.
18 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Cullud Wattah at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ November 2-December 12
By Loren Noveck
Erika Dickerson-Dispenza’s award-winning play won’t let us look away from the tragedy of Flint, Michigan. Loren Noveck reviews.