Sometimes a stage flub can stick with you. Joey Sims had such an experience with New York theatre stalwart David Rasche in 2013 and again in Rasche’s cabaret debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
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11 December 2019
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Review: one in two at Pershing Square Signature Center
November 19, 2019 to January 12, 2020
By Joey Sims
Joey Sims finds a missed opportunity to tell a truly powerful story in Donja R. Love’s newest play.
10 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven at the Linda Gross Theater
Linda Gross Theater ⋄ 15th November – 29th December
By Juan A. Ramirez
Juan Ramirez finds Stephen Adly Guirgis’s newest play “intensely watchable” and “refreshingly nonjudgmental.”
9 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Sorceress at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
Museum of Jewish Heritage ⋄ 1 December - 29 December
By Jordan G. Teicher
The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene follows up their acclaimed production of Fiddler on the Roof with this enjoyable Cinderella riff that Tevye and his daughters may actually have seen. Jordan Teicher reviews.
9 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Barber Shop Chronicles at the BAM Harvey Theater
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ 3 December - 8 December
By Juan A. Ramirez
Haircuts and community abound in this exhilarating production from London’s National Theatre that has stayed with Juan A. Ramirez since he first saw it a year ago.
4 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Pumpgirl at Irish Repertory Theatre
Irish Repertory Theatre ⋄ 7th November - 29th December 2019
By Jordan G. Teicher
Playwright Abbie Spallen has talent for description but a strong first act in this play set in Northern Ireland is weakened by a meandering second. Jordan Teicher reviews.
3 December 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Inheritance at Barrymore Theatre
Barrymore Theatre ⋄ 27th September 2019 - Open Ended
By Lane Williamson
Lane Williamson finds himself of two conflicting minds about the frustrating and entertaining two-part Matthew Lopez play about gay men in America.
1 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Love Actually? The Unauthorized Musical Parody at the Jerry Orbach Theater
Jerry Orbach Theater ⋄ November 14-January 15
By Juliet Hindell
This parody of the 2003 romantic comedy offers plenty of laughs for the film’s fans. Juliet Hindell reviews.
30 November 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: A Christmas Carol at Lyceum Theatre
Lyceum Theatre ⋄ Through January 5, 2020
By Kev Berry
An earnest holiday treat destined to bring tears to your eyes. Kev Berry weeps and reviews.
28 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fefu and Her Friends at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ November 16-December 8
By Loren Noveck
María Irene Fornés’s groundbreaking work of environmental theater still feels radical forty years later. Loren Noveck reviews.