An imaginary elegy for a lost theater scene. Loren Noveck reviews.
NYC
7 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Whole of Time at Torn Page
December 28, 2023-January 27, 2024
By Loren Noveck
An Argentine playwright puts a dark(er) spin on the American canon. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 December 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Manahatta at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ November 15-December 23, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Mary Kathryn Nagle’s new play gets bogged down in its expository details. Loren Noveck reviews.
30 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Spain at 2nd Stage
November 8-December 17, 2023
By Loren Noveck
A dizzying investigation of the line between truth and fiction, art and propaganda, Jen Silverman’s latest leaves Loren Noveck with much to ponder.
20 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Gardens of Anuncia at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Mitzi Newhouse Theatre ⋄ 19 October-31 December
By Lane Williamson
Michael John LaChiusa brings his unique theatricality to a memory musical about director/choreographer Graciela Daniele’s childhood in Perón’s Argentina. Lane Williamson reviews.
20 November 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Monty Python’s Spamalot at St. James Theatre
St James Theatre ⋄ through 28 April 2024
By Nicole Serratore
The Monty Python musical returns to Broadway and shows its age. Nicole Serratore reviews.
16 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Arcadia at the West End Theatre
West End Theatre ⋄ October 27-December 23, 2023
By Lorin Wertheimer
A gleeful production of Tom Stoppard’s complex classic. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
15 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Scene Partners at the Vineyard Theatre
Vineyard Theatre ⋄ 27 October-17 December
By Lane Williamson
Dianne Wiest returns to the stage in a new play, but its collage-like structure confuses its intent. Lane Williamson reviews.
14 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Waiting for Godot at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
November 4-December 3, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Paul Sparks’s Vladimir brings seeds of hope to Beckett’s bleak classic. Loren Noveck reviews.
14 November 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Harmony at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Ethel Barrymore Theatre ⋄ October 18-open ended
By Lorin Wertheimer
This new musical about the Weimar-era musical group the Comedian Harmonists doesn’t have enough of either comedy or harmony. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.