With a thumping heartbeat, Claus Guth’s production of Schubert’s Swan Song portrays a soldier’s journey towards death. Nicole Serratore reviews.
NYC
21 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dig at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 2 September-22 October
By Lorin Wertheimer
Theresa Rebeck’s new play, set in a plant shop, leaves our critic green with envy. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
16 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Psychic Self Defense at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ September 12-30, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Normandy Sherwood’s hallucinatory dreamscape isn’t like anything Loren Noveck has ever seen before.
14 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Death, Let Me Do My Show at the Lucille Lortel
Lucille Lortel Theatre ⋄ September 6-30, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Rachel Bloom planned to tour a show in spring 2020. Life, and death, got in the way. Three years later, does her brand of musical comedy still speak to us? Loren Noveck reviews.
20 August 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Here Lies Love at Broadway Theatre
Broadway Theatre ⋄
By Nicole Serratore
Nicole Serratore panics on the disco floor finding Here Lies Love’s immersion doesn’t quite work on Broadway.
14 August 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Shark Is Broken at the Golden Theatre
July 25-November 19, 2023
By Loren Noveck
There’s a whole lot of meta and not so much shark in this behind-the-scenes comedy on the set of JAWS. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 August 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Let’s Call Her Patty at LCT3
Claire Tow Theater ⋄ July 15-August 27, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Rhea Perlman’s Patty is both too much and too little in a new play by Zarina Shea. Loren Noveck reviews.
4 August 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Back to the Future: The Musical at the Winter Garden Theatre
Winter Garden Theatre ⋄ 30 June-Open Ended
By Lane Williamson
1.21 gigawatts of fun in this faithful musical adaptation of the beloved film. Lane Williamson reviews.
31 July 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Half-God of Rainfall at NYTW
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ 14 July 2023 to 20 August 2023
By Nicole Serratore
This poem-play from Inua Ellams is a mélange of interesting images, ideas, and theatrical moments but lacks cohesion. Nicole Serratore reviews.
24 July 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Cottage at the Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ 7 July-29 October
By Cameron Kelsall
There’s little mirth to be found in Sandy Rustin’s new comedy in the manner of an old style. Cameron Kelsall reviews.