Lucas Hnath makes harrowing and unsettling use of his mother’s life, channeled through an extraordinary performance by Deirdre O’Connell, in a piece that raises questions about the ethics of documentary theater. Loren Noveck reviews.
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11 October 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Is This A Room at the Lyceum Theatre
September 24, 2021-January 16, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Tina Satter’s documentary theater piece transfers to Broadway with its power and its exceptional central performance intact. Loren Noveck reviews.
3 October 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Six at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Brooks Atkinson Theatre ⋄ Booking through March 2022
By Loren Noveck
A glittery “histo-remix” of the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives brings its high-energy woman power back to Broadway post-shutdown. Loren Noveck reviews.
21 September 2021
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Sanctuary City at the Lucille Lortel
Lucille Lortel Theatre ⋄ September 8-October 10, 2021
By Loren Noveck
Two young undocumented immigrants struggle in Martyna Majok’s new play, which leaves Loren Noveck heartsick at the state of the world.
10 June 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: What If If Only at NAATCO (online)
online ⋄ June 7-12, 2021
By Loren Noveck
Caryl Churchill’s latest goes by in a flash and leaves you wishing for more. Loren Noveck reviews.
25 May 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Brother, Brother, at New York Theatre Workshop (online)
online ⋄ April 26-July 25, 2021
By Loren Noveck
Radio play meets lush picture book meets dark fairy tale in Aleshea Harris’s new online work. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Iran at Under the Radar
online ⋄ January 7-17, 2021
By Loren Noveck
What does it mean to live our lives on the backwards timeline of Instagram? Loren Noveck reviews.
21 December 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Pen/Man/Ship at Moliere in the Park
online ⋄ Streaming through January 4
By Loren Noveck
Christina Anderson’s script and Lucie Tiberghien’s direction combine with brilliant design elements into an extremely well-executed piece of digital theater. Loren Noveck reviews.
30 October 2020
Reviews
Review: Shipwreck: A History Play About 2017
Podcast ⋄ beginning October 16
By Loren Noveck
This “history play about 2017” punctures liberal certainties, but maybe not enough of them. Loren Noveck reviews.
24 October 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy
online ⋄ October 20-November 15
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck doesn’t quite know whether to laugh or cry at this workplace comedy about Russian social media trolls that’s both terrifyingly realistic and absurdly hilarious.