This new show based on the songs of the Avett Brothers falls into the jukebox musical trap. Loren Noveck reviews.
NYC
24 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: We Are Your Robots at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ November 7-December 8
By Loren Noveck
Ethan Lipton’s newest chamber musical makes us a little excited about the Singularity. Loren Noveck reviews.
24 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: This is My Favorite Song at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 19th November - 8th December 2024
By Nicole Serratore
A music-driven autobiographical show where moments are stronger than the whole. Nicole Serratore reviews.
23 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Babe at Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ October 29-December 22
By Loren Noveck
A generational clash that doesn’t fully come to life. Loren Noveck reviews.
19 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Shit. Meet. Fan. at MCC Theater
MCC Theater ⋄ Through 15th December 2024
By Nicole Serratore
This satire on white privilege and toxic masculinity largely misses its mark. Nicole Serratore reviews.
19 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Light and the Dark at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ November 2-December 15, 2024
By Lorin Wertheimer
A new play about the life of Artimesia Gentileschi digs into Renaissance gender politics with mixed results. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
17 November 2024
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Maybe Happy Ending at the Belasco Theatre
Belasco Theatre ⋄ October 16-open-ended
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer finds concept stronger than execution in this new Broadway musical, a love story between robots.
16 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Burnout Paradise at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ November 12-December 1
By Loren Noveck
This Edinburgh Fringe hit enacts the impossibility of everyday life–on literal treadmills. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Strategic Love Play at the Minetta Lane Theatre
Minetta Lane Theatre ⋄ 1 Nov-7 Dec
By Cameron Kelsall
Miriam Battye’s play about dating after thirty falls on clichés and mismatched chemistry between its stars. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
28 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ October 10-November 17
By Loren Noveck
Sarah Mantell’s play finds a flicker of hope in the face of climate catastrophe. Loren Noveck reviews.