Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck is a writer, editor, dramaturg, and recovering Off-Off-Broadway producer, who was for many years the literary manager of Six Figures Theatre Company. She has written for The Brooklyn Rail, The Brooklyn Paper nytheatre.com, and NYTheater now, and currently writes occasionally for HowlRound and WIT Online. In her non-theatrical life, she works in book publishing.

Articles by Loren Noveck

26 April 2026

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: The Lost Boys: The Musical at the Palace Theatre

Palace Theatre ⋄ March 27, 2026-open-ended

By Loren Noveck

This vampire musical succeeds on spectacle, but belabors its themes. Loren Noveck reviews.

18 April 2026

Reviews

Review: Cumulo at MITU580

MITU580 ⋄ April 15-May 3, 2026

By Loren Noveck

The puppetry is expert but the storytelling inconsistent in this wordless puppet piece. Loren Noveck reviews.

13 April 2026

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: Cats: The Jellicle Ball at the Broadhurst Theatre

Broadhurst Theatre ⋄ March 18, 2026-open-ended

By Loren Noveck

An inspired refresh swaps leotards and cat ears for queer glam. Loren Noveck goes to a Jellicle Ball.

11 April 2026

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: Becky Shaw at the Hayes Theater

Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ March 18-open-ended

By Loren Noveck

A lacerating comedy with a misanthropic soul. Loren Noveck reviews.

8 April 2026

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Scorched Earth at St. Ann’s Warehouse

St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ April 3-19, 2026

By Loren Noveck

An unusual dance/thriller hybrid builds to a striking ending. Loren Noveck reviews.

4 April 2026

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Seagull: True Story at the Public Theater

Public Theater ⋄ March 22-May 3, 2026

By Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck reviews a piece by a Russian-exile director that uses Chekhov to look at the cost of conscience–and also to look away from it.

12 March 2026

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Antigone (This Play I Read in High School) at the Public Theater

Public Theater ⋄ February 26-April 5, 2026

By Loren Noveck

Anna Ziegler transforms Sophocles for a modern audience, with mixed results. Loren Noveck reviews.

11 March 2026

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Bughouse at the Vineyard Theatre

Vineyard Theatre ⋄ February 24-April 3, 2026

By Loren Noveck

Outsider artist Henry Darger created a compellingly, unsettling, and strange world with his paintings and writings. So why is this piece about his life so inert? Loren Noveck reviews.

10 March 2026

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Cold War Choir Practice at Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space

Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ February 28-March 29, 2026

By Loren Noveck

There’s something for everyone in Ro Reddick’s new play: singing, dancing, comedy, pathos, and Cold War nostalgia. Loren Noveck reviews.

5 March 2026

Reviews

Review: What We Did Before Our Moth Days at the Greenwich House Theater

February 4-May 10, 2026

By Loren Noveck

An excellent ensemble displays all the unsettling nuance in Wallace Shawn’s latest. Loren Noveck reviews.