Immersive with a meal, this adaptation of James Joyce is still a bit dry (as was the roast turkey). Cameron Kelsall eats and reviews.
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8 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Blue Ridge at Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company ⋄ 12th December 2018 – 26th January 2019
By Cameron Kelsall
Superb acting, exceptional production values, and a compelling point of view, but this slice-of-life dramedy by Abby Rosebrock loses its way. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
17 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Downstairs at the Cherry Lane Theatre
Cherry Lane Theatre ⋄ 7 November - 22 December
By Cameron Kelsall
Tim and Tyne Daly are cast against type in a play written for them and their real-life sibling rapport doesn’t shine through. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
6 November 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Thanksgiving Play at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 12 October - 25 November
By Cameron Kelsall
Playwright Larissa FastHorse’s New York debut is a “frequently funny, occasionally obvious satire of performative wokeness.” Cameron Kelsall reviews.
6 November 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Small Craft Warnings at 13th Street Repertory Company
13th Street Repertory Company ⋄ 1 November - 11 November
By Cameron Kelsall
A late-career Tennessee Williams play is marked by “a frank discussion of female sexuality and gay liberation” in a revival by Regeneration Theatre Company. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
30 October 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Waverly Gallery at Golden Theatre
Golden Theatre ⋄ 25th September 2018 - 27th January 2019
By Cameron Kelsall
Comedy legend Elaine May cannot not save Kenneth Lonergan’s pandering look at dementia, caretaking, and family. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
23 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Emma and Max at the Flea Theater
Flea Theater ⋄ 1 October - 28 October
By Cameron Kelsall
Cinematic prince of pessimism Todd Solondz makes an assured theatrical debut at the Flea. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
21 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Apologia at Roundabout Theatre Company
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ September 27 – December 16
By Cameron Kelsall
Retrograde gender politics reduce a woman’s life choices to “Heads, you lose; tails, you’re a bitch” in the dated Apologia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
22 June 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Teenage Dick at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 20th June - 15th July 2018
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall reviews Ma-Yi Theater’s subversive transposition of Richard III to a contemporary American high school.
23 May 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Our Lady of 121st Street at Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ To 17th June, 2018
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall reviews this revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s play, directed by Phylicia Rashad.