Exploiting one character’s trauma to help others to their emotional growth, this new musical tokenizes the experiences of vulnerable people. Teresa Kilzi reviews.
NYC
14 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Opera
Review: Blood Moon at Baruch Performing Arts Center
Baruch Performing Arts Center ⋄ January 9-17
By Loren Noveck
This hauntingly beautiful chamber opera by Garrett Fischer and Ellen McLaughlin gets a stunning production at Prototype. Loren Noveck reviews.
13 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Conversationalists at Bushwick Starr
Bushwick Starr ⋄ 8th -25th January 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Nicole Serratore experienced sensory overload in this storytelling show with where the audience is meant to imagine an imaginary movie.
12 January 2020
Reviews • Cabaret • NYC
Review: Falling for Make Believe at Joe’s Pub
Joe's Pub ⋄ January 8-17
By Lane Williamson
Ryan J. Haddad performs a cabaret about the theatre troupe he founded as a child. It’s a song for little boys who love musicals and the families who support them. Lane Williamson reviews.
11 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Venus in Gemini at the Loading Dock
Loading Dock ⋄ January 10-12
By Loren Noveck
Lady twin astronaut geniuses don’t quite generate a successful launch. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Constellations at Under the Radar
La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theater ⋄ 9th - 12th January 2020
By Alison Walls
This multimedia take on Nick Payne’s play by a Chinese company offers an elegant and quietly compelling production. Alison Walls reviews.
9 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Grey Rock at Under the Radar
Public Theater ⋄ 8th -19th January 2020
By Joey Sims
A Palestinian dreamer’s rocket launch to the moon makes for a wonderful premise, but it drags in spots and leans on cliché. Joey Sims reviews.
5 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fear in the Western World at The Doxsee
The Doxsee ⋄ 2nd -19th January 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Ambitious gun culture satire sometimes misses the target. Nicole Serratore reviews.
26 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Judgment Day at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 5 December - 10 January
By Lane Williamson
Park Avenue Armory presents a commissioned work from Richard Jones, director of 2017’s smash production of “The Hairy Ape”, but the equation of that success doesn’t add up here. Lane Williamson reviews.
16 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: All I Want for Christmas is Attention at Town Hall
Town Hall Theatre ⋄ 11 December
By Richard Patterson
Drag superstars BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon ring in the holidays as only they can. Richard Patterson reviews.