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.
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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.
16 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Arcadia at the West End Theatre
West End Theatre ⋄ October 27-December 23, 2023
By Lorin Wertheimer
A gleeful production of Tom Stoppard’s complex classic. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
14 November 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Harmony at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⋄ October 18-open ended
By Lorin Wertheimer
This new musical about the Weimar-era musical group the Comedian Harmonists doesn’t have enough of either comedy or harmony. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
13 October 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Refuge Plays at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 16 September-12 November
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer wonders how far a safe space extends in Nathan Alan Davis’ epic three-part play.
21 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dig at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 2 September-22 October
By Lorin Wertheimer
Theresa Rebeck’s new play, set in a plant shop, leaves our critic green with envy. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.