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

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.

8 June 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Coach Coach at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks

The Wild Project ⋄ June 3-13, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck reviews the second show in Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks, a darkly funny riff on the nature of identity in a postmodern age.

4 June 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Breaking the Story at Second Stage

Tony Kiser Theater ⋄ May 16-June 23, 2024

By Loren Noveck

A strong production can’t quite save a play that’s trying to do too many things. Loren Noveck reviews.

22 May 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Usus at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks

The Wild Project ⋄ May 16-28, 2024

By Loren Noveck

The first entry in Summerworks rides the line between stylized and cartoonish. Loren Noveck reviews.

20 May 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Three Houses at Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre ⋄ April 30-June 9, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Dave Malloy’s new chamber musical looks at how we felt when the world broke, with rawness and compassion. Loren Noveck reviews.

8 May 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Small Acts of Daring Invention at HERE

HERE Arts Center ⋄ May 1-June 1, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck finds this unsettling puppet piece visually stunning but emotionally ephemeral.