Richard Nelson brings his Apply Family back for a Zoom call for our times. Joey Sims reviews the streaming experience.
Reviews
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.
16 March 2020
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Girl from the North Country at Belasco Theatre
Belasco Theatre ⋄ Suspended as of 12 March 2020
By Patrick Maley
Like Bob Dylan’s music itself, this quasi-jukebox musical from Conor McPherson is filled with yearning, sadness, and humanity. Patrick Maley reviews.
11 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Endlings at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ February 19- March 29
By Joey Sims
Celine Song’s new play mixes brutal truth, barnstorming set pieces, and a bit of magic. Joey Sims reviews.
8 March 2020
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: West Side Story at Broadway Theatre
Broadway Theatre ⋄ Open-Ended Run
By Lane Williamson
Ivo van Hove brings fresh eyes to West Side Story in this video-heavy production and with it makes something wholly original. Lane Williamson shakes off van Hove fatigue and finds pleasure again in van Hove’s work.
5 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Coal Country at Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 18th February - 5th April 2020
By Jordan G. Teicher
Potent, vivid documentary theater about 2010 West Virginia mine disaster with music by Steve Earle. Jordan G. Teicher reviews.
4 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Perplexed at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ February 11-March 29
By Juan A. Ramirez
Juan Ramirez finds no joy in this “lifeless production” of Richard Greenberg’s new play, with a “dire lack of dramatic tension.”
4 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Suicide Forest at A.R.T./New York Theatres
ART/New York ⋄ 25th February 25 - 15th March 2020
By Jordan G. Teicher
Haruna Lee’s surrealism, satire, and comedy serve a gut-wrenching play on gender, sexuality, immigration and trauma.