Ellen Reid’s debut opera explores the before-and-aftermath of a sexual assault to blistering effect. Lane Williamson reviews.
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Articles by Lane Williamson
6 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Opera
Review: 4.48 Psychosis at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Baruch Performing Arts Center ⋄ 5 January - 12 January
By Lane Williamson
An opera-theatre adaptation of Sarah Kane’s play is at its most successful when it uses inventive orchestration to transcend the human voice. Lane Williamson reviews.
6 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Infinite Hotel at Irondale Arts Center
Irondale Center ⋄ 5 January - 12 January
By Lane Williamson
It may be best to just surrender to Michael Joseph McQuilken’s music-theatre puzzle. Lane Williamson reviews.
6 December 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Cher Show at Neil Simon Theatre
Neil Simon Theatre ⋄ Open ended run
By Lane Williamson
Equal parts exhilarating and mystifying, hilarious and stupefying, empowering and conflicting. The Cher Show arrives on Broadway.
18 November 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Chorus Line at New York City Center
New York City Center ⋄ 14 November - 18 November
By Lane Williamson
The dancers are back on the line and as thrilling as ever in a new Encores! production. Lane Williamson reviews.
17 November 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company ⋄ 30 October - 22 December
By Lane Williamson
A volcanic performance by Raúl Esparza outshines the flaws in this revival of Brecht’s allegory play. Lane Williamson reviews.
6 November 2018
Reviews
Review: Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song at Helen Hayes Theater
9th October 2018 - 24th February 2019
By Lane Williamson
Harvey Fierstein’s bold play, Torch Song, is diluted by the watershed of history . Lane Williamson reviews.
26 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Renascence at Abrons Arts Center
Abrons Arts Center ⋄ 5 October - 17 November
By Lane Williamson
Transport Group premieres a new musical about a young Edna St. Vincent Millay with a lush score by Carmel Dean, but a confused dramatic perspective. Lane Williamson reviews.
10 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Six Brandenburg Concertos at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 1 Oct - 7 Oct
By Lane Williamson
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker plunges deep into Bach’s music in an inventive evening of modern dance. Lane Williamson reviews.
2 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Girl from the North Country at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 11 September-23 December
By Lane Williamson
Conor McPherson employs Bob Dylan songs to thrilling effect in a new Depression-era musical. Lane Williamson reviews.