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

15 October 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Good Bones at the Public Theater

Public Theater ⋄ September 19-October 27, 2024

By Loren Noveck

A play of big ideas that never quite finds its footing. Loren Noveck reviews.

8 October 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: The Wind and the Rain: A Story About Sunny’s Bar at the Waterfront Museum

Waterfront Museum ⋄ September 28-October 27, 2024

By Loren Noveck

A new site-specific play about Sunny’s Bar takes us on a journey through time, and reminds us of home. Loren Noveck reviews.

4 October 2024

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: McNeal at Lincoln Center Theater

Vivian Beaumont Theatre ⋄ September 5-November 24, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Ayad Akhtar’s latest has nothing to tell us about technology or art–or the human soul. Loren Noveck reviews.

3 October 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Safety Not Guaranteed at BAM Harvey

BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ September 17-October 20, 2024

By Loren Noveck

An offbeat screen-to-stage adaptation almost finds its theatrical truth. Loren Noveck reviews.

18 September 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Family (site-specific)

September 12-October 4, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Celine Song’s unsettling gothic fantasia is given a jolt of energy by Alec Duffy’s site-specific production. Loren Noveck reviews.

13 September 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Ask at the Wild Project

September 6-28, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Playwright Matthew Freeman and director Jessi D. Hill bring suspense, nuance, and deep philosophical questions to a two-hander about charitable giving. You’ll never look at a nonprofit solicitation the same way again. Loren Noveck reviews.

4 August 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Kara & Emma & Barbara & Miranda at The Tank

The Tank ⋄ August 2-17, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Ariel Stess’s new play gives us four exceptional performances as Kara, Emma, Barbara, and Miranda try to find a way forward. Loren Noveck reviews.

1 August 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Cellino v. Barnes at Asylum NYC

Asylum NYC ⋄ July 23-October 13, 2024

By Loren Noveck

The Cellino and Barnes jingle may be a cursed earworm, but the play about their rise and downfall is charmingly silly. Loren Noveck reviews.

30 July 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Six Characters at LCT3

Claire Tow Theater ⋄ July 13-August 25, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Phillip Howze’s new play for LCT3 bursts at the seams with ideas and contradictions. Loren Noveck reviews.

13 July 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Bill’s 44th at HERE

HERE Arts Center ⋄ July 10-28

By Loren Noveck

This emotionally expansive puppet piece is both joyful and heartbreaking. Loren Noveck finds it a pleasure to celebrate with Bill.