The musical adaptation of the Swinging Sixties film doesn’t know what to make of its sexually liberated foursome. Maya Phillips reviews.
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13 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fires in the Mirror at Signature Theatre
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ 22 October-15 December
By Maya Phillips
Anna Deveare Smith was one of the creators of verbatim theater. Maya Phillips finds the fire of her 1992 play still intact in this revival performed by Michael Benjamin Washington.
29 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Macbeth at Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company ⋄ October 10-December 15
By Maya Phillips
Real-life couple Nadia Bowers and Corey Stoll take different approaches to the Macbeths in John Doyle’s tragi-comic production. Maya Phillips reviews.
27 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Antigone at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ September 25-October 6
By Maya Phillips
Japan’s Shizuoka Performing Arts Center translates a Greek classic with “cinematic beauty” and stunning visuals. Maya Phillips reviews.
24 September 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Height of the Storm at MTC
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ⋄ 10th September - 24th November 2019
By Maya Phillips
Beautiful, haunting, but still predictable new play with Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins. Maya Phillips reviews.
11 September 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Betrayal at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre ⋄ 5th of September – 8th of December 2019
By Maya Phillips
Stylish and cool, with some incongruous choices, but a talented cast give a thoughtful exploration of Pinter’s famous play. Maya Phillips reviews.
24 July 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: At Black Lake at the Tank
The Tank ⋄ July 20-25
By Maya Phillips
Maya Phillips finds problems from the foundations on up in this production from German playwright Dea Loher.
13 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte Theater
Delacorte Theater ⋄ May 21-June 23
By Maya Phillips
Shakespeare in the Park kicks off with an all-black production of this summery rom-com, but leaves our critic wondering, “Can black joy be enough?”. Maya Phillips reviews.
6 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Long Lost at New York City Center – Stage I
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ June 4 - June 30
By Maya Phillips
Donald Margulies’s new play left our critic feeling like she’d seen it all before. Maya Phillips reviews.
17 April 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Norma Jeane Baker of Troy at The Shed
The Shed ⋄ April 6 - May 19
By Maya Phillips
An office worker dictates a play about Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy in Anne Carson’s dazzling “experimental hybrid of forms.” Maya Phillips reviews.