Penelope Skinner subverts expectations about women, competition, and aging in her new play.
NYC
26 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Barrow Street Theatre
Barrow Street Theater ⋄
By Jordan G. Teicher
Jordan G. Teicher reviews Tooting Arts Club’s “uniquely terrifying” revival.
24 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Life According to Saki at Fourth Street Theatre
Fourth Street Theatre ⋄ 8th February - 5th March 2017
By Alison Durkee
Alison Durkee reviews this Best of Edinburgh transfer to NYC.
23 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Everybody at Pershing Square Signature Center
The Pershing Square Signature Center / The Irene Diamond Stage ⋄ Through 19th March
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck reviews Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ modern spin on a medieval morality play.
22 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Refugee Plays at The Kraine Theater
The Kraine Theater ⋄ 16th February - 5th March 2017
By Robert Norman
Robert Norman reviews five short plays on immigration in the FRIGID festival.
21 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Riot Antigone at La Mama
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club ⋄ 10th - 19th February 2017
By Nicole Serratore
A riot grrl musical take on Antigone channels her rage into action. Nicole Serratore reviews.
19 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Escaped Alone at BAM Harvey Theater
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ 15th - 26th February 2017
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck finds this Royal Court production of Caryl Churchill “unresolved but oddly satisfying.”
17 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Enterprise at The Brick Theater
The Brick Theater ⋄ 2nd - 18th February 2017
By Molly Grogan
Molly Grogan reviews Brian Parks’ new comedy that turns a profit from a lavish wit.
16 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Big River at New York City Center
New York City Center ⋄ 8th - 12th February 2017
By Lane Williamson
“Considerable trouble and considerable joy” in Encores! production of Big River. Lane Williamson reviews.
27 January 2017
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Jitney at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ⋄ 28th December 2016 - 12th March 2017
By Gabe Cohn
August Wilson’s voice in Jitney matters now more than ever. Gabe Cohn reviews.