Aaron Sorkin’s dialogue thunders through the courtroom in this revival of his breakout play. Lane Williamson reviews.
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Articles by Lane Williamson
3 November 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Rope at the Theatre at St. Clement’s
Theater at St. Clement’s ⋄ 13 Oct-6 Dec
By Lane Williamson
Gordon Greenberg lays the motivation bare in his new adaptation of this nearly 100-year-old play. Lane Williamson reviews.
26 October 2026
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Other Desert Cities at the Hudson Theatre
Hudson Theatre ⋄ 29 Sept-17 Jan
By Lane Williamson
This revival of the play by Jon Robin Baitz is notable for a brilliant Lily Rabe and a spectacular debut from Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Lane Williamson reviews.
22 October 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 8 October-20 December
By Lane Williamson
The Olivier Award-winning musical jumps across the pond while F. Scott Fitzgerald’s source material jumps the other way in this enjoyable adaptation. Lane Williamson reviews.
25 August 2026
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Paranormal Activity at the August Wilson Theatre
August Wilson Theatre ⋄ 14 August-3 January
By Lane Williamson
Thrills, chills, and corniness abound in Levi Holloway’s stage adaptation. Lane Williamson reviews.
27 July 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Broad Strokes at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
Lucille Lortel Theatre ⋄ 14 July-5 September
By Lane Williamson
Cat Cohen uses comedy and song to detail her harrowing experience having a stroke at age 30. Lane Williamson reviews.
27 July 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Saviors at Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company ⋄ 8 July-15 August
By Lane Williamson
The new play from Bubba Weiler is another can’t-miss excavation of the heart. Lane Williamson reviews.
2 June 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Jerome at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 15 May-21 June
By Lane Williamson
Three men form a complicated relationship in a ghost town in John J. Caswell, Jr.’s world premiere play. Lane Williamson reviews.
15 April 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Adding Machine at the Theater at St. Clement’s
Theater at St. Clement’s ⋄ 24 March-17 May
By Lane Williamson
An all-too-prescient 103-year-old play is dusted off and acted to the hilt in The New Group’s revival. Lane Williamson reviews.
27 March 2026
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Giant at The Music Box
Music Box Theatre ⋄ 11 March-28 June
By Lane Williamson
Mark Rosenblatt’s knotty play about the author Roald Dahl transfers to Broadway with a generational performance by John Lithgow. Lane Williamson reviews.