Talene Monahon imagines the real lives behind the Salem Witch Trials, to chilling effect. Loren Noveck reviews.
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9 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dark Disabled Stories at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ February 28-April 2, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Ryan J. Haddad’s new work is at once an eye-opening look into disability and a radical experiment in accessibility. Loren Noveck reviews.
2 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fall River Fishing at the Connelly Theater
Connelly Theater ⋄ February 18-March 9, 2023
By Loren Noveck
What begins as a stylishly absurd comedic treatment of Lizzie Borden goes to a much stranger place, with mixed but enjoyable results. Loren Noveck reviews.
28 February 2023
Reviews
Review: Letters from Max, a ritual at Signature Theatre
February 7 through March 19, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Sarah Ruhl’s new play stands as a collective ritual of grief, for our “moment suffused with illness.” Loren Noveck reviews.
27 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window at BAM
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ February 4-March 24
By Loren Noveck
This Lorraine Hansberry revival substitutes bitter truths for bohemian illusions. Loren Noveck reviews.
14 January 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner at Under the Radar
Public Theater ⋄ January 10-January 22, 2023
By Loren Noveck
How do you act out a Tweetstorm? Jasmine Lee-Jones’s Under the Radar show wants to show you. Loren Noveck reviews.
6 January 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Are we not drawn onward to new erA at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ January 4-8, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Ontroerend Goed’s piece in Under the Radar plays a beautiful trick. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 December 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Des Moines at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ December 10, 2022-January 1, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Denis Johnson’s play gives us an evening in limbo with an exceptional cast. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 December 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Ohio State Murders at the James Earl Jones Theatre
James Earl Jones Theatre ⋄ November 11, 2022-February 12, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Audra McDonald’s searing performance anchors Adrienne Kennedy’s belated Broadway debut. Loren Noveck reviews.
4 December 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Becky Nurse of Salem at Lincoln Center Theater
November 8-December 31, 2022
By Loren Noveck
If you too have wondered since high school how John Proctor got to be the protagonist of a play about the Salem witch trials, then Sarah Ruhl’s new play is for you. Loren Noveck reviews.