Caryl Churchill’s latest goes by in a flash and leaves you wishing for more. Loren Noveck reviews.
Reviews
8 June 2021
Reviews
Review: Hymn to the City at Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery ⋄ 3 June-6 June
By Lane Williamson
Death of Classical and the New York Philharmonic team up to present a moving (emotionally and physically) concert across the expanse of Green-Wood Cemetery. Lane Williamson reviews.
26 May 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: This American Wife
online ⋄ 20th May - 6th June 2021
By Nicole Serratore
Interrogating twirling housewives and the performance of realness, this satirical offering from Fake Friends works best when using its own voice. Nicole Serratore reviews.
25 May 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Brother, Brother, at New York Theatre Workshop (online)
online ⋄ April 26-July 25, 2021
By Loren Noveck
Radio play meets lush picture book meets dark fairy tale in Aleshea Harris’s new online work. Loren Noveck reviews.
18 May 2021
Reviews
Review: A Dozen Dreams at Brookfield Place
Brookfield Place ⋄ 13 May-30 May
By Lane Williamson
Twelve playwrights and a team of designers bring pandemic dreams to life in an art installation/immersive theatre odyssey at the Brookfield Place mall. Lane Williamson reviews.
17 May 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord at NYTW
online ⋄ 14th-16th May 2021
By Nicole Serratore
Kristina Wong’s solo show about her mutual aid efforts during the pandemic documents this moment in Asian American history. Nicole Serratore reviews.
3 May 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: All the Different Ways That Commodore Matthew Perry Could Have Died
online ⋄ Available online
By Nicole Serratore
A short theater-animated hybrid confronts the history of Commodore Matthew Perry with humor and lamentation. Nicole Serratore reviews.
8 April 2021
Reviews • NYC Regional • Performance
Review: The Return of the Dragon at REDCAT
online ⋄ 10th-11th April 2021
By Nicole Serratore
Guillermo Calderón and his collaborators make a mini-documentary that reflects on Chilean politics, the pandemic, and where theater goes from here. Nicole Serratore reviews.
5 April 2021
Reviews
Review: Wish You Were Here at Williamstown Theatre Festival via Audible
Williamstown Theatre Festival ⋄ Available to stream
By Cameron Kelsall
Through their partnership with Audible, Williamstown Theatre Festival presents the world premiere of Sanaz Toossi’s play, a chronicle of female friendship against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
28 March 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Honestly Sincere at Theater in Quarantine
online ⋄ Available online
By Nicole Serratore
Theater in Quarantine offers scarily accurate time travel to those awkward teen years in Honestly Sincere. Nicole Serratore reviews.