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

14 December 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Straights at JACK

JACK ⋄ December 5-21

By Loren Noveck

A #selfie-filled road trip through a broken America. Loren Noveck reviews.

28 November 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Fefu and Her Friends at Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ November 16-December 8

By Loren Noveck

María Irene Fornés’s groundbreaking work of environmental theater still feels radical forty years later. Loren Noveck reviews.

10 November 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America at HERE

HERE Arts Center ⋄ November 1-24

By Loren Noveck

This immersive theater piece tackles the weight of 400 years of black American history with both humor and horror. Loren Noveck reviews.

16 September 2019

Reviews

Review: Wives at Playwrights Horizons

August 23-October 6

By Loren Noveck

Jaclyn Backhaus’s latest is a feminist confection full of cheerily subversive little soap bubbles of delight. Loren Noveck reviews.

27 July 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Douglas at the Daryl Roth Theatre

Daryl Roth Theatre ⋄ July 23-August 17

By Loren Noveck

What do you do after the show that blows up the very premises of your chosen art form? A show named after your dog, of course. Loren Noveck reviews.

13 July 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: No One Is Forgotten at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater ⋄ July 8-July 27

By Loren Noveck

Winter Miller crafts an investigation into the absurdity of terror. Loren Noveck reviews.

16 June 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Veil Widow Conspiracy at 4th Street Theatre

4th Street Theatre ⋄ June 8-July 6

By Loren Noveck

Gordon Dahlquist’s new play for NAATCO is intriguingly intricate but doesn’t quite live up to its potential. Loren Noveck reviews.

7 June 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: You Never Touched the Dirt at the Wild Project

The Wild Project ⋄ June 3-13

By Loren Noveck

A witty, smart production brings out the absurdity, the poignancy, and the cruelty in Zhu Yi’s rich script . . . and also, there are sheep. Loren Noveck reviews.

22 May 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Lunch Bunch at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks

The Wild Project ⋄ May 17-May 28

By Loren Noveck

“Pretzels are not a side dish.” The stakes of brown-bag lunches are higher than you might think. Loren Noveck reviews.

14 May 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Curse of the Starving Class at Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre ⋄ April 23-June 2

By Loren Noveck

Terry Kinney’s revival of Sam Shepard paints a bleak picture of an American dream hanging over the abyss. Loren Noveck reviews.