A family works through their trauma in the shadow of the first WalMart. Lane Williamson reviews.
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Articles by Lane Williamson
29 September 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: 300 el x 50 el x 30 el at the BAM Harvey Theater
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ 28 September-1 October
By Lane Williamson
The BAM Next Wave Festival kicks off with a movement-theater piece from the Belgian company FC Bergman that exposes the hidden lives of a small village. Lane Williamson reviews.
9 August 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Oresteia and Hamlet at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 10 June-13 August
By Lane Williamson
Writer/Director Robert Icke returns to the Armory with two productions from the Almeida Theatre presented in repertory, to disparate results. Lane Williamson reviews.
27 July 2022
Reviews • Cabaret • NYC
Review: Kate Baldwin & Aaron Lazar: All for You at 54 Below
54 Below ⋄ 19 July-23 July
By Lane Williamson
The two Broadway stars craft a spectacular duo cabaret show that explores their past careers and their future hopes. Lane Williamson reviews.
13 July 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Into the Woods at the St. James Theatre
St James Theatre ⋄ 28 June-21 August
By Lane Williamson
The Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine musical returns to Broadway with an impeccable cast, but an unremarkable concert staging. Lane Williamson reviews.
29 June 2022
Reviews • Cabaret • NYC
Review: Leaves: Songs of Ourselves at Feinstein’s/54 Below
54 Below ⋄ 27 June
By Lane Williamson
Rodney Bush and Eric Rosen cap off Pride weekend celebrating the gay poet Walt Whitman with an exhilarating song cycle based on “Leaves of Grass.” Lane Williamson reviews.
23 June 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Epiphany at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Mitzi Newhouse Theatre ⋄ 26 May-24 July
By Lane Williamson
Nine people gather on a snowy night…just to talk. Lane Williamson reviews.
22 June 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Corsicana at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 2 June-10 July
By Lane Williamson
A woman with Down syndrome, her brother, their mother’s best friend, and an artist who avoids human interaction populate a small town in this contemplative, moving new play by Will Arbery. Lane Williamson reviews.
19 June 2022
Reviews • Cabaret • NYC
Review: Rachel Bay Jones at Feinstein’s/54 Below
54 Below ⋄ 17 June-18 June
By Lane Williamson
The award-winning singing actress makes her return to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a “magical mushroom” of a cabaret show. Lane Williamson reviews.
25 May 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Who Killed My Father at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ 18 May-5 June
By Lane Williamson
Édouard Louis adapts and stars in an adaptation of his memoir about his difficult relationship with his father and the ways the French government has failed. Lane Williamson reviews.