Meghan Kennedy’s new play connects two lonely souls over a cup of diner coffee. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
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Articles by Lorin Wertheimer
15 September 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Counting and Cracking at NYU Skirball Center
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ September 6-September 22, 2024
By Lorin Wertheimer
An ambitious epic that never loses sight of the power of its familial ties. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
15 July 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: EMPIRE: The Musical at New World Stages
New World Stages ⋄ 1 July-22 Sept
By Lorin Wertheimer
A new musical about the construction of the Empire State Building fails to build much excitement. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
9 July 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: cunnicularii at Alchemical Studios
Alchemical Studios ⋄ 28 June-13 July
By Lorin Wertheimer
A woman gives birth to a rabbit in Sophie McIntosh’s parable play. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
16 May 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Here There Are Blueberries at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ 17 April-16 June
By Lorin Wertheimer
A Nazi photo album appears at the National Holocaust Museum and the archivists who receive it wrestle with its legacy in this new play by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
1 May 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Staff Meal at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ April 12-May 19, 2024
By Lorin Wertheimer
A show that is quirky, surprising, and risk-taking should tick all Lorin Wertheimer’s boxes. And yet in this case, not so much.
28 April 2024
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Patriots at the Barrymore Theatre
Barrymore Theatre ⋄ April 1-June 23, 2024
By Lorin Wertheimer
Peter Morgan’s new play is a study in power. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
24 April 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Grenfell: in the words of survivors at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ April 13-May 12, 2024
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer is pushed from compassion to frustration by this documentary theater piece.
21 March 2024
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Water for Elephants at the Imperial Theatre
Imperial Theatre ⋄ February 24, 2024-open-ended
By Lorin Wertheimer
Despite some missteps in casting, this new circus musical brings the spectacle and huge visual creativity. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
2 February 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The White Chip at MCC
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ 22 January-9 March
By Lorin Wertheimer
Sean Daniels crafts an autobiographical play about his journey to recovery performed by an excellent three-person cast. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.