James Ijames’s joyful reinterpretation of Shakespeare transfers to Broadway. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
NYC
18 April 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Plays for the Plague Year at Joe’s Pub
Joe's Pub ⋄ April 5-April 30, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Suzan-Lori Parks’s collage of short plays and songs drops us into the griefs of 2020 in hopes of giving us the tools to process what we’re still living through. Loren Noveck reviews.
12 April 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Gaga Guide to the Lower East Side
walking tour ⋄ March 28-April 23
By Juliet Hindell
Immersive theater that shows you a neighborhood in a new light, and also lets you get your step count in. Juliet Hindell reviews.
12 April 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Regretfully, So the Birds Are at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ March 22-April 30
By Loren Noveck
A farcical tragedy that lets you laugh at arson, incest, manslaughter, and ecological catastrophe, while also making you feel just a little bit bad for Pol Pot. Loren Noveck reviews.
7 April 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Grief, A One Man Shitshow at Theatre Row
Theatre Row ⋄ March 29-April 16, 2023
By Scott Bennett
Colin Campbell’s solo show takes us into dark places on a journey through grief. Scott Bennett reviews.
3 April 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ at the Music Box Theatre
Music Box Theatre ⋄ March 2, 2023-open-ended
By Loren Noveck
The dancing delivers, and that’s really all that matters. Loren Noveck reviews.
23 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Sancocho at WP Theater
WP Theater ⋄ March 11-April 9, 2023
By Lorin Wertheimer
A theatrical concoction not quite as fulfilling as its namesake stew. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
23 March 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Parade at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre ⋄ 21 Feb-6 Aug
By Cameron Kelsall
Michael Arden directs an “essential” revival of Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry’s musical that “reaches its summit in its silences.” Cameron Kelsall reviews.
19 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Good John Proctor at the Connelly Theater
Connelly Theater ⋄ March 11-April 1, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Talene Monahon imagines the real lives behind the Salem Witch Trials, to chilling effect. Loren Noveck reviews.
19 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dear World at New York City Center
New York City Center ⋄ 15 March-19 March
By Lane Williamson
Encores! presents a glittering revival of this Jerry Herman musical starring the incomparable Donna Murphy. Lane Williamson reviews.