7 Daughters of Eve and Sibyl Kempson gather worshipers together for a delicate new form of theater-church. Janaki Ranpura gives thanks and praise.
Reviews
28 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Homebound Project Second Edition
online ⋄ 20th of May -24th of May 2020, Additional series in June
By Daniel Krane
The Homebound Project offers a tasty theatrical buffet with 11 bite-sized shorts by playwrights like Anne Washburn and Ngozi Anyanwu. Daniel Krane sups on the series’ sustenance.
20 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
online ⋄ 18th - 24th May 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Revisiting a personally pivotal Daniel Kitson show now streaming online, Nicole Serratore visits her past self.
18 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Performance for One
online ⋄ Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays at select times
By Nicole Serratore
A one-on-one theater theater piece online asks questions about the role of audience and the power of memory. Nicole Serratore reviews.
15 May 2020
Reviews
Review: Beirut and The Honeycomb Trilogy
online ⋄
By Joey Sims
Joey Sims compares two approaches to Zoom plays that have emerged during quarantine: the more traditional theatre-like style of MCC’s “Beirut” and the scrappier, internet-acknowledging “The Honeycomb Trilogy” from Gideon Productions.
8 May 2020
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: November on Spotlight on Plays
online ⋄ 7th May 2020
By Cameron Kelsall
A polished streamed reading shows the possibility of the format, but launches with a dated satirical Mamet play. Cameron Kelsall streams and reviews.
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.
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.