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 May 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Three Houses at Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre ⋄ April 30-June 9, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Dave Malloy’s new chamber musical looks at how we felt when the world broke, with rawness and compassion. Loren Noveck reviews.

8 May 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance

Review: Small Acts of Daring Invention at HERE

HERE Arts Center ⋄ May 1-June 1, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck finds this unsettling puppet piece visually stunning but emotionally ephemeral.

4 May 2024

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: Mother Play at the Helen Hayes Theater

Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ April 3-June 16, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Jessica Lange anchors Paula Vogel’s new work, which works as both an act of forgiveness and an exorcism. Loren Noveck reviews.

1 May 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Stargazers at the Connelly Theater

Connelly Theater ⋄ April 8-May 10, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Majkin Holmquist’s new play roots itself in the Kansas land to examine what holds a community together. Loren Noveck reviews.

21 April 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Orlando at Signature Theatre

Signature Theatre ⋄ April 2-May 12

By Loren Noveck

Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel feels timely in Will Davis’s revival. Loren Noveck reviews.

16 April 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Sally & Tom at the Public Theater

Public Theater ⋄ March 28-May 12

By Loren Noveck

Suzan-Lori Parks’s play-within-a-play opens challenging conversations and leaves us to do the rest. Loren Noveck reviews.

14 April 2024

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: Lempicka at the Longacre Theatre

Longacre Theatre ⋄ March 19-open-ended

By Loren Noveck

A musical based on the life of artist Tamara de Lempicka has more compelling things to say about art than about love. Loren Noveck reviews.

11 April 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Macbeth (an undoing) at Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ April 5-May 4, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Writer/director Zinnie Harris cracks open the Scottish play to focus on the women within it. Loren Noveck reviews.

29 March 2024

Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Dead Outlaw at the Minetta Lane

Minetta Lane Theatre ⋄ February 28-April 14, 2024

By Loren Noveck

Audible Theatre launches into musicals with this weird and wonderful tale. Loren Noveck reviews.

28 March 2024

Reviews • Broadway • NYC

Review: The Who’s Tommy at the Nederlander Theatre

Nederlander Theatre ⋄ March 8, 2024-open-ended

By Loren Noveck

Loren Noveck can’t find the “why” in this revival.