A trailer park in a snow storm becomes an arena for gravity and joint-defying physical theatre in this hilarious and surprising piece from Belgium. Lane Williamson reviews.
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19 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Evita at New York City Center
New York City Center ⋄ November 13-November 24
By Lane Williamson
Director Sammi Cannold’s vision works overtime to erase some of the ingrained misogyny in this classic musical. It’s mostly successful and features a revelatory performance from Solea Pfeiffer. Lane Williamson reviews.
9 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: User Not Found at BAM Greene Grape Annex
Brooklyn Academy of Music ⋄ November 6-November 16
By Lane Williamson
Dante or Die’s immersive, site-specific solo play is a powerful meditation on technology and mortality. Lane Williamson reviews.
4 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Michaels at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 19-December 1
By Lane Williamson
The latest entry in Richard Nelson’s “Rhinebeck Panorama” is missing the alchemy that made the previous plays so successful. Lane Williamson reviews.
25 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: What if they went to Moscow? at BAM Fisher & BAM Rose Cinemas
BAM Fisher ⋄ October 23-October 27
By Lane Williamson
Brazillian director Christiane Jatahy brings her theatre-and-film adaptation of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” to BAM in an excavation of three women’s psyches. Lane Williamson reviews.
20 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation at The Triad Theatre
The Triad Theatre ⋄ September 18-November 30
By Lane Williamson
The latest version of the long-running spoof of Broadway musicals succeeds with spoofs of Oklahoma! and Fosse/Verdon, but is often too harsh to be enjoyed. Lane Williamson reviews.
16 October 2019
Reviews • Regional
Review: Little Shop of Horrors and The Light in the Piazza in Los Angeles
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion ⋄ Sep 17-Oct 20 (Little Shop), Oct 12-Oct 20 (Piazza)
By Lane Williamson
Two musical revivals in Los Angeles don’t live up to their material, but Mj Rodriguez delivers a stunning performance at the Pasadena Playhouse. Lane Williamson reviews.
30 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: White Noise at NYU Skirball
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ September 20-September 22
By Lane Williamson
Daniel Fish’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel is more focused on the “tapestry of the book’s language” than conveying its plot. Lane Williamson reviews.
26 September 2019
Reviews • Cabaret • NYC
Review: Jason Danieley at Feinstein’s/54 Below
54 Below ⋄ September 18-September 21
By Lane Williamson
Jason Danieley gives a “Heart to Heart” in this honest, moving cabaret show about his late wife, Marin Mazzie. Lane Williamson reviews.
20 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Novenas for a Lost Hospital at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater ⋄ September 5-October 13
By Lane Williamson
The West Village of the past is resurrected in Cusi Cram’s elegiac play that happens in and around Rattlestick’s theatre, bringing to life the AIDS patients and the saints that inhabited St. Vincent’s Hospital. Lane Williamson reviews.