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 April 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan at Atlantic Stage II

Atlantic Stage 2 ⋄ March 29-April 30, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck feels fortunate that she does know David Greenspan, who excels in his usual way in this piece created solely for him.

10 April 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Swamp Dwellers at Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ March 30-April 20, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A rarely seen early play by Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka feels resonant and relevant today. Loren Noveck reviews.

7 April 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods at HERE

HERE Arts Center ⋄ March 28-April 26, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Sometimes lesbian space aliens are just what the doctor ordered. Loren Noveck reviews.

24 March 2025

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: Operation Mincemeat at the Golden Theatre

Golden Theatre ⋄ February 15-August 10, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A madcap romp through some very serious history, with a cast of thousands expertly played by a five-person ensemble. Loren Noveck reviews.

22 March 2025

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: Purpose at the Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ February 25, 2025-open-ended

By Loren Noveck

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins tackles the Great American Play. Loren Noveck reviews.

18 March 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Amerikin at 59E59

59E59 Theaters ⋄ March 1-April 13, 2025

By Loren Noveck

Excellent performances sometimes take characters deeper than Chisa Hutchinson’s script. Loren Noveck reviews.

9 March 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Dakar 2000 at City Center Stage 1

New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ February 4-March 23, 2025

By Loren Noveck

This tight espionage two-hander suffers by comparison to the actual state of the world. Loren Noveck reviews.

28 February 2025

Reviews

Review: Liberation at the Laura Pels Theatre

Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ January 31-March 30, 2025

By Loren Noveck

An intricately layered memory play that’s more complicated than it seems. Loren Noveck reviews.

23 February 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Safe House at St. Ann’s Warehouse

St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ February 15-March 2, 2025

By Loren Noveck

A solo show missing a sense of its only character. Loren Noveck reviews.

10 February 2025

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: How Is It That We Live, or Shakey Jake + Alice at A.R.T./NY Theatres

ART/New York ⋄ February 3-22, 2025

By Loren Noveck

The new play by the downtown legend Len Jenkin mixes a tender love story with some darker, stranger magic. Loren Noveck reviews.