Review: Cats: The Jellicle Ball at the Broadhurst Theatre
It is easy, as a full-fledged theater critic with a penchant for non-realist dramaturgy and complicated modern dance and a general aversion to excessive whimsy, to forget the uncomplicated joy ...
Review: Dog Day Afternoon at August Wilson Theatre
Viral fame, fuck-the-police rhetoric, and a likable antihero should make Dog Day Afternoon a property with legs in 2026. But these elements don’t set this new play with fuzzy politics ...
Review: The Adding Machine at the Theater at St. Clement's
Jennifer Tilly’s tour-de-force monologue at the beginning of The New Group’s revival of The Adding Machine immediately sets the tone for what is one of the most exciting off-Broadway productions ...
Review: The Lost Boys: The Musical at the Palace Theatre
It is telling that the website for The Lost Boys, a new musical adaptation of the 1980s horror comedy film, features only the vampire ensemble. Because while most of the ...
Review: Beaches at the Majestic Theatre
The best song in the musical adaptation of Beaches, now on Broadway after a decade-plus in development, comes at the very end of the show. It was also written in ...
Reviews
Review: Broad Strokes at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
Lucille Lortel Theatre
Cat Cohen uses comedy and song to detail her harrowing experience having a stroke at age 30. Lane Williamson reviews.
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Feature: A Conversation with the Curators of UNDOXX at JACK
Loren Noveck interviews zavé martohardjono, Maya Simone Z., and Jamie Chan, the curators of UNDOXX.
14 November
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Review: The Saviors at Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company
The new play from Bubba Weiler is another can't-miss excavation of the heart. Lane Williamson reviews.
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Review: Foosball at Arts On Site
Arts on Site
Contrivances of plot and metaphor get in the way of this play's emotional power. Loren Noveck reviews.
26 July
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Review: Shifters at the Cherry Lane Theatre
Cherry Lane Theatre
An excellent production lifts an ordinary love story. Loren Noveck reviews.
15 July
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Review: The Potluck at Soho Rep/INTAR
Soho Rep
César Alvarez's new musical eventually finds its way to something heartbreaking and beautiful. Nicole Serratore reviews.
14 July
Features
Loren Noveck
What Does Climate Change Have to Do with the Future of Directing? Notes from the International Directors Summit
Directors from all over the world met virtually for six months, seeking a more accessible, resilient, and inclusive theater industry.
Kev Berry
Going to the Theater is Weird These Days
Playwright and performer Kev Berry offers a personal essay in which he grapples with returning to theatre after the shutdown and his own journey to sobriety.
Hansol Oh
When the Theaters Reopened: Observations from South Korea
Thermal cameras, hand sanitizer, and masks are the new normal for theaters in Korea. Hansol Oh saw 10 shows there and reports on her summer of theatergoing.
Nicole Serratore
Theater of Your Mind: Closet Dramas and More
Various theater-adjacent projects offer alternatives for reading and interpreting theater at home. Nicole Serratore explores closet dramas and their ilk.
Reviews
Review: The Whoopi Monologues at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Mitzi Newhouse Theater
A series of monologues, written and originally performed by Whoopi Goldberg more than four decades ago, make a grand return to New York in the hands of five stellar actresses. Juliet Hindell reviews.
13 July
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Review: Giulia: The Poison Queen of Palermo at Perelman Performing Arts Center
Perelman Performing Arts Center
An enormously promising new musical needs just a few tweaks to make it brilliant. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 July
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Review: Building at Pioneer Works
Pioneer Works
A site specific portrait of 1970s era New Yorkers that could use some reconstruction. Nicole Serratore reviews.
9 July
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Review: Henry VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts at the Public Theater
Public Theater
A well-acted adaptation of Shakespeare's early trilogy, condensed into two plays, cannot save it from being an afterthought in the playwright's wider oeuvre. Patrick J. Maley reviews.
25 June
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26 July
Exeunt Staff
Theater 2020: The Season That Wasn’t
With a shortened 2020 theater season, we focus on the exciting artists we came across in 2020 and who we want to see more from in a post-pandemic theater world order.
9 July
Joey Sims
How The Doors Were Opened, and What Comes Next
The George Floyd protests opened up theater lobbies and has prompted a new dialogue about theater and race. Joey Sims investigates.
24 June
Joey Sims
Stage Managing One Zoom At A Time
Stage managers pivot to Zoom. Joey Sims reports on how this job has shifted in pandemic times.
10 May
Exeunt Staff
Online Theater: The Familiar vs. The New
Our critics gather to talk about what theater they are watching online and why.