A Zoom show about listening and distance offers moments of connection, with a surprise appearance of a cat. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Reviews
25 July 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Beginning Days of True Jubilation at Ice Factory 2020
July 24-26
By Loren Noveck
The first piece in an all-virtual Ice Factory festival uses corporate meeting technology to deconstruct the trajectory of a tech start-up. Loren Noveck reviews.
23 July 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Weir at Irish Repertory Streaming
online ⋄ 21st – 25th July 2020
By Patrick Maley
An online rendering of Conor McPherson’s The Weir highlights our pandemic loneliness. Pat Maley reviews.
15 July 2020
Reviews
Review: A School for Fools
online ⋄ 4 June-9 July
By Daniel Krane
Belarus Free Theatre expands the boundaries of a laptop or tablet with their imaginative livestream experience. Daniel Krane reviews.
28 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Joinification Ceremony for the Church of FemAnimism
online ⋄ Monthly Church Services
By Janaki Ranpura
7 Daughters of Eve and Sibyl Kempson gather worshipers together for a delicate new form of theater-church. Janaki Ranpura gives thanks and praise.
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.