A climate change opera with a sly libretto is undone by a casually messy staging in an undersized venue. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Venues: BAM Fisher
21 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The End of Eddy at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ November 14-November 21
By Joey Sims
A stage adaptation of Édouard Louis’ queer coming of age novel brings up our writer’s own childhood memories. Joey Sims reviews.
1 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hamnet at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ 30th October - 3rd November 2019
By Nicole Serratore
Dead Centre presents a meditation on death and grief with a remarkable performance from a young actor. Nicole Serratore reviews.
25 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: What if they went to Moscow? at BAM Fisher & BAM Rose Cinemas
BAM Fisher ⋄ October 23-October 27
By Lane Williamson
Brazillian director Christiane Jatahy brings her theatre-and-film adaptation of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” to BAM in an excavation of three women’s psyches. Lane Williamson reviews.
29 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Ionesco Suite at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ 23 January - 26 January
By Lane Williamson
Cake and French absurdism abound in this mashup of five Ionesco plays, brought to the U.S. by the renowned Théâtre de la Ville. Lane Williamson reviews
8 December 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Suddenly at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ 6th - 9th December 2017
By Alison Walls
Tel-Aviv’s PuppetCinema visits the US with an adaptation of Etgar Keret’s short stories. Alison Walls reviews.
3 December 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Sleep at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ 29th November - 2nd December 2017
By Molly Grogan
Molly Grogan reviews Ripe Time’s adaptation of the Haruki Murakami story.
20 November 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: 17c at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ 14th - 18th November 2017
By Ran Xia
Ran Xia reviews Big Dance Theater’s interpretation of the diaries of Samuel Pepys.
18 November 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Billion Nights on Earth at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ 15th - 18th November 2017
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck experiences the limits of unchecked invention.
1 November 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Request Concert at BAM Fischer
BAM Fisher ⋄ 26th - 29th October 2016
By Molly Grogan
Molly Grogan reviews Yana Ross’ slow-burning study of loneliness in the age of hyper connectivity.