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 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.

2 May 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Brothers Paranormal at Theatre Row

Theatre Row ⋄ April 28-May 19

By Loren Noveck

Prince Gomolvilas uses horror tropes to tell a story about ghosts, and grief. Loren Noveck reviews.

29 April 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Fruiting Bodies at Theatre Row

Theatre Row ⋄ April 23-May 19

By Loren Noveck

Mushroom as metaphor in a play about a father’s complex relationship with his adult daughters. Loren Noveck reviews.

21 April 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: The Appointment at NYTW Next Door

4th Street Theatre ⋄ April 18-May 4

By Loren Noveck

Lightning Rod Special returns to NYC with a screwball musical revue about the American abortion debate that drops the farce to make some serious points. Loren Noveck reviews.

21 March 2019

Reviews

Review: White Noise at the Public Theater

March 5-May 5

By Loren Noveck

Suzan-Lori Parks negotiates masculinity, race, and the weight of American history. Loren Noveck reviews.

18 March 2019

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Alice by Heart at MCC Theater

Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ January 30-April 7

By Loren Noveck

Alice’s rabbit hole reimagined as the London Underground during WWII: Does it work? Loren Noveck isn’t so sure.