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