Carol Rocamora finds Lauren Yee’s latest to be the funniest new play in New York this season–as well as the most politically insightful.
NYC
28 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Silver Manhattan at Bowery Palace
Bowery Palace ⋄ February 18-March 29, 2026
By Loren Noveck
Jesse Malin and a killer band bring Malin’s life story to the stage. Loren Noveck reviews.
27 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Reservoir at Atlantic Theater Company
Atlantic Theater Company ⋄ 5 February-22 March
By Lane Williamson
This new play about alcoholism and family is bursting with humor, heart, and life. Lane Williamson reviews.
24 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: You Got Older at the Cherry Lane Theatre
Cherry Lane Theatre ⋄ February 12-April 21, 2026
By Loren Noveck
A revival reunites playwright Clare Barron and director Anne Kauffman for this symphony of awkwardness. Loren Noveck reviews.
18 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: without mirrors at The Brick
The Brick Theater ⋄ February 12-28, 2026
By Loren Noveck
The great David Greenspan in a solo work by Jerry Lieblich that harks back to an earlier downtown scene. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hate Radio at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ February 12-26, 2026
By Loren Noveck
How does theater grapple with genocide? European auteur Milo Rau brings one answer to St. Ann’s Warehouse. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Dinosaurs at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 4 Feb-1 Mar
By Lane Williamson
A new play about a group of women at a recovery meeting is buoyed by six great actresses. Lane Williamson reviews.
15 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Kramer/Fauci at NYU Skirball
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ 11th - 21st February 2026
By Nicole Serratore
Powerful docudrama gets a strange, absurdist gloss from director Fish. Nicole Serratore reviews.
14 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Tragedy of Coriolanus at Theatre for a New Audience
Theatre for a New Audience ⋄ 1 Feb-1 Mar
By Patrick Maley
A new production of Shakespeare’s infrequently revived play aims for relevance, but misses the moment. Patrick J. Maley reviews.
12 February 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Midwest Porn at the 14Y Theater
14Y Theater ⋄ January 13-February 21, 2026
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer analyzes the way Quincy Long rips apart theatrical conventions–perhaps too many of them.