This Shakespeare adaptation doesn’t live up to its premise. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
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Articles by Lorin Wertheimer
13 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Archduke at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ October 23-December 21, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer finds Rajiv Joseph’s new play about confused young men stumbling into history both funny and tragic.
31 October 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Beau: The Musical at St. Luke’s Theatre
St. Luke's Theatre ⋄ October 13-December 7, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
This honky-tonk musical is hampered by a confusing flashback structure that saps emotional immediacy. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
5 October 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Glitch at Theater Center
Jerry Orbach Theater ⋄ September 24-November 2, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
A science-fiction tale that strives to work in a new genre, but falls short on many levels. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
19 September 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Saturday Church at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ August 27-October 23
By Lorin Wertheimer
Packed with banging tunes, striking choreography, and sharp performances, this new musical is so much fun Lorin Wertheimer doesn’t even mind its less-than-compelling book.
6 May 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Pirates! The Penzance Musical at the Todd Haimes Theatre
Todd Haimes Theatre ⋄ April 4-July 27, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
A “thoroughly original and delightful reinvention” of a classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
23 April 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Class Dismissed at La Mama
LaMama E.T.C. ⋄ April 18 – May 4, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
A Dadaist performance piece leaves Lorin Wertheimer underwhelmed.
31 March 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: The Trojans at the Cell
The Cell Theatre ⋄ March 19-April 19, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
Loren Noveck and Lorin Wertheimer have very different opinions about this new synth-pop musical that grapples with the Greeks.
11 March 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: All Nighter at Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ February 25-May 18, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer compares Natalie Margolin’s new play about friends facing the last week of college to David Mamet at his finest.
5 March 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: SUMO at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ February 20-March 30, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
A trip into the world of sumo that’s visually stunning if sometimes lacking in nuance. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.