New dimensions are drawn from the characters of Lynn Nottage’s play in an operatic adaptation with music by Ricky Ian Gordon. Patrick J. Maley reviews.
NYC
13 February 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Four Quartets at BAM
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House ⋄ February 10-12, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Pam Tanowitz + T.S. Eliot + Kathleen Chalfant + Brice Marden = a cornucopia of dance theater. Loren Noveck reviews.
1 February 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Prayer for the French Republic at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ January 13- February 27, 2022
By Juliet Hindell
Joshua Harmon’s new play is poignant and passionate, though perhaps more than making its point. Juliet Hindell reviews.
1 February 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: MJ the Musical at the Neil Simon Theatre
Neil Simon Theatre ⋄ Opens February 1
By Juliet Hindell
Can the neon lights of Broadway make it possible for us to separate the less salubrious aspects of Michael Jackson’s life from his musical legacy? Juliet Hindell reviews.
25 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Long Day’s Journey into Night at the Minetta Lane Theatre
Minetta Lane Theatre ⋄ 18 January-20 February
By Cameron Kelsall
The Tyrones face the opioid crisis and Covid-19 in Robert O’Hara’s contemporary production. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
23 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: This Beautiful Future at Theaterlab
Theaterlab ⋄ 13 January-30 January
By Lane Williamson
Young love ignores the consequences in a thrilling new play by Rita Kalnejais. Lane Williamson reviews.
20 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Whisper House at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 11 January-6 February
By Lane Williamson
Ghostly troubadours haunt a lighthouse during World War II in a new musical from Kyle Jarrow and Duncan Sheik. Lane Williamson reviews.
11 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe at The Shed
December 21, 2021 to February 6, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Is it soup? Or is it art? And how good is the soup, anyway? Loren Noveck reviews.
20 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Company on Broadway
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre ⋄ 15th November 2021 to 26th June 2022
By Nicole Serratore
A gender-swapped Company leaves the leading lady without a voice. Nicole Serratore reviews.
13 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Flying Over Sunset at Lincoln Center Theater
Vivian Beaumont Theatre ⋄ November 11, 2021-February 6, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Cary Grant, Aldous Huxley, and Clare Boothe Luce walk into a bar…except the bar is a Malibu estate and they’re all on acid. Loren Noveck finds the hook irresistible, but the execution less interesting.