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

20 November 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Seat of Our Pants at the Public Theater

Public Theater ⋄ October 24-December 7, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Ethan Lipton’s delightful songs don’t quite get this Thornton Wilder adaptation where it needs to be. Loren Noveck reviews.

10 November 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire at the Vineyard Theatre

Vineyard Theatre ⋄ October 23-November 30, 2020

By Loren Noveck

Anne Washburn’s new play crosses the line from intriguingly elliptical into frustratingly opaque. Loren Noveck reviews.

5 November 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Queens at New York City Center

New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ October 15-November 30, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Martyna Majok’s play about immigrant women sits uneasily with the politics of this moment. Loren Noveck reviews.

1 November 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Martha@BAM–The 1963 Interview at Brooklyn Academy of Music

BAM Fisher ⋄ October 28-November 1, 2025

By Loren Noveck

This documentary restaging of a famous Martha Graham interview is more than a historical curiosity. Loren Noveck reviews.

30 October 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Oh, Honey at Little Egg

Little Egg ⋄ October 16-November 7, 2025

By Loren Noveck

An exceptional ensemble and a clever site-specific setting enhance Jeana Scotti’s emotionally complex play. Loren Noveck reviews.

28 October 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?) at the Public Theater

Public Theater ⋄ October 14-November 16, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A story of survival and love, told with both language and movement. Loren Noveck reviews.

25 October 2025

Reviews

Review: Oratorio for Living Things at Pershing Square Signature Center

Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ September 30-November 16, 2025

By Loren Noveck

An indescribably strange and beautiful musical meditation on time. Loren Noveck reviews.

19 October 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Blue Cowboy at the Bushwick Starr

Bushwick Starr ⋄ October 14-November 1, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A cowboy love story, with David Cale’s melancholy spin. Loren Noveck reviews.

15 October 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Triplicity at Mabou Mines Theater@122CC

122CC ⋄ Mabou Mines Theater @122CC

By Loren Noveck

One of New York’s great avant-garde theater companies shines in a simple story of three lives. Loren Noveck reviews.

13 October 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Nothing Can Take You from the Hand of God at Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons ⋄ October 2-November 9, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Playing almost a dozen characters, Jen Tullock delivers a dizzyingly complex performance in a piece she co-wrote. Loren Noveck reviews.