Too many branches keep the trunk obscured in Agnes Borinsky’s new play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall
Articles by Cameron Kelsall
16 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Wanderers at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 26 January-2 April
By Cameron Kelsall
Anna Ziegler’s novelistic new work about writers, their parents, and Katie Holmes playing an actress meanders through tedium. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
15 November 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Downstate at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 28 October-11 December
By Cameron Kelsall
“Brilliant button-pusher” Bruce Norris wades into murky moral water with his latest play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
10 May 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Which Way to the Stage at MCC
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ 14 April-22 May
By Cameron Kelsall
Ana Nogueira pens “a love letter to the geeks, queerdos, and obsessives” and their complicated relationship with musical theatre and each other. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
25 April 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Skin of Our Teeth at the Vivian Beaumont Theater
Vivian Beaumont Theatre ⋄ 1 April-29 May
By Cameron Kelsall
Thornton Wilder’s ever-relevant play returns in a powerful, but inconsistent revival at Lincoln Center. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
25 April 2022
Reviews • NYC • Opera
Review: Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera ⋄ 23 April-21 May
By Cameron Kelsall
The Met premieres another new production of Donizetti’s opera, this time in the hands of Australian auteur Simon Stone. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
25 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Long Day’s Journey into Night at the Minetta Lane Theatre
Minetta Lane Theatre ⋄ 18 January-20 February
By Cameron Kelsall
The Tyrones face the opioid crisis and Covid-19 in Robert O’Hara’s contemporary production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
14 October 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Lehman Trilogy at the Nederlander Theatre
Nederlander Theatre ⋄ Through 2 January
By Cameron Kelsall
“There is a value to…approach[ing] unfettered capitalism with a critical eye,” writes our critic, but Stefano Massini’s play (as adapted by Ben Power) doesn’t keep its gaze trained where it should. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
5 April 2021
Reviews
Review: Wish You Were Here at Williamstown Theatre Festival via Audible
Williamstown Theatre Festival ⋄ Available to stream
By Cameron Kelsall
Through their partnership with Audible, Williamstown Theatre Festival presents the world premiere of Sanaz Toossi’s play, a chronicle of female friendship against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
17 December 2020
Reviews • NYC • NYC Regional
Review: Animals at Williamstown Theatre Festival/Audible
Available from 16th December 2020
By Cameron Kelsall
Stacy Osei-Kuffour’s play may be written for the stage, but as an audio drama critic Cameron Kelsall finds it one of the strongest pivots he’s encountered in the reimagined 2020 theater world.