Daniel Krane felt the beating heart of this show, but it left him craving more love poems and less enigma.
NYC
21 March 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Life at New York City Center
New York City Center ⋄ 16 March-20 March
By Lane Williamson
Billy Porter directs and revises a concert production of this 1997 musical with varying degrees of success, but a standout performance by Ledisi is worth any bumps along the way. Lane Williamson reviews.
19 March 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Book of Mountains and Seas at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ March 15-20, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Basil Twist’s simple, haunting puppets embody ancient Chinese myths. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 March 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: what you are now at Ensemble Studio Theatre
Ensemble Studio Theatre ⋄ March 10-April 3, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Exposition bogs down a play about the neuroscience of memory and the persistence of trauma. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 March 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Chinese Lady at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ February 23-April 10, 2022
By Daniel Krane
Lloyd Suh’s comedy exposes the hollow promise at the root of shallow theatrical representation. Daniel Krane reviews.
26 February 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Wolf Play at Soho Rep
Soho Rep ⋄ February 4 through March 20, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Hansol Jung’s new play at Soho Rep asks what it means to make a family, and how we live when that goes wrong. Loren Noveck reviews.
21 February 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Music Man at the Winter Garden Theatre
Winter Garden Theatre ⋄ Open Ended
By Lane Williamson
Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster star in a curiously flat revival that tries to reshape the musical to fit its stars. Lane Williamson reviews.
21 February 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Merchant of Venice at Theatre for a New Audience
Theatre for a New Audience ⋄ 5 February-6 March
By Patrick Maley
Director Arin Arbus digs into Shakespeare’s play to show us, anew, what’s been there all along. Patrick Maley reviews.
15 February 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Space Dogs at MCC
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ January 25-March 13, 2022
By Juliet Hindell
Juliet Hindell reviews an inventively wacky two-man musical about the unsung dog heroes at the heart of the Russian space program.
14 February 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Skeleton Crew at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre ⋄ 27 December-20 February
By Patrick Maley
Dominique Morisseau’s play is the centerpiece of her “Detroit Project” trilogy, and also its heart. Patrick J. Maley reviews.