Rebellious and fractious, this new musical never quite pulls off its intentional tonal dissonance. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Venues: Playwrights Horizons
9 May 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dance Nation at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 8th May - 3rd June 2018
By Loren Noveck
Claire Barron tries to break into the world of teen girls competition dancing. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 January 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Mankind at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ To 28th January 2018
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall reviews Robert O’Hara’s “feminist” play.
19 September 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ To 1st October 2017
By Curtis Russell
Curtis Russell reviews “a rare miss” from Sarah Ruhl: “safe and sane and totally harmless.”
14 June 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bella: An American Tall Tale at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ To 2nd July 2017
By Dan O'Neil
Kirsten Childs’ larger than life heroine does some serious booty-smacking. Dan O’Neil reviews.
14 April 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Profane at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 9th - 30th April 2017
By Kev Berry
Kev Berry reviews Zayd Dohrn’s play about Muslim American identities.
6 December 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Rancho Viejo at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ To 23rd December 2016
By Dan O'Neil
Dan O’Neil reviews Dan LeFranc’s newest play.
16 September 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Aubergine at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 12th September - 2nd October 2016
By Jordan G. Teicher
Jordan G. Teicher discovers cultural misunderstandings are better digested over a bowl of soup.
8 April 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Antlia Pneumatica at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 11th March - 24th April 2016
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck reviews Anne Washburn’s “unsettling and magically strange” new play in New York.
15 March 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Familiar at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 12th February - 10th April 2016
By Loren Noveck
The cracks start to show through the polished facade of Danai Gurira’s perfect family.