A short theater-animated hybrid confronts the history of Commodore Matthew Perry with humor and lamentation. Nicole Serratore reviews.
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8 April 2021
Reviews • NYC Regional • Performance
Review: The Return of the Dragon at REDCAT
online ⋄ 10th-11th April 2021
By Nicole Serratore
Guillermo Calderón and his collaborators make a mini-documentary that reflects on Chilean politics, the pandemic, and where theater goes from here. Nicole Serratore reviews.
28 March 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Honestly Sincere at Theater in Quarantine
online ⋄ Available online
By Nicole Serratore
Theater in Quarantine offers scarily accurate time travel to those awkward teen years in Honestly Sincere. Nicole Serratore reviews.
24 February 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Long Goodbye at BAM/MIF
online ⋄ Through 1st March 2021
By Nicole Serratore
With intimacy and intensity, Riz Ahmed performs a personal gig-storytelling show that looks at the complexities of post-colonial identity. Nicole Serratore reviews.
1 February 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bloodshot: The Call at Exponential Festival
online ⋄
By Nicole Serratore
A short film sequel to a film noir stage show set during a fictional plague now mirrors our real one. Nicole Serratore reviews.
10 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Disclaimer at Under the Radar
online ⋄ 7th-17th January 2021
By Nicole Serratore
A gathering of absent family by proxy jumpstarts an important conversation about Middle Eastern representation and humanity. Nicole Serratore reviews.
18 December 2020
Reviews • NYC
Review: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom on Netflix
online ⋄ Available 18th December 2020
By Nicole Serratore
A stage-to-screen adaption of August Wilson’s play, showcases an electric Viola Davis and an incandescent Chadwick Boseman in his final screen appearance. Nicole Serratore reviews.
14 December 2020
Reviews • NYC • NYC Regional
Review: This is Who I Am at Woolly Mammoth
online ⋄ 5th December 2020- 3rd January 2021
By Nicole Serratore
Amir Nizar Zuabi’s play of a father and son cooking with each other over Zoom is warm but cloying. Nicole Serratore reviews.
16 November 2020
Reviews • Out of Town • Performance
Review: Dot. Dot. Dot. at The Old Market Brighton
online ⋄ Through 27th November 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Daniel Kitson’s new show is a travelogue through the pandemic offering a bit of a hug. Nicole Serratore is not yet ready for hugs.
1 November 2020
Reviews • Out of Town • Performance
Review: BigBlackOctoberSurprise at REDCAT
online ⋄ 22-31st October 2020
By Nicole Serratore
An experimental mosaic of images and ideas on America’s crimes against Black men gets a vivid airing in Paul Outlaw’s new work.