Adam Rapp’s Broadway debut is masterfully acted, directed, and designed, but the play itself may leave you feeling “impressed and unsatisfied.” Cameron Kelsall reviews.
NYC
29 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Macbeth at Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company ⋄ October 10-December 15
By Maya Phillips
Real-life couple Nadia Bowers and Corey Stoll take different approaches to the Macbeths in John Doyle’s tragi-comic production. Maya Phillips reviews.
29 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Little Shop of Horrors at Westside Theatre
Westside Theatre ⋄ 14th September 2019 - 19th January 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Sure the production is a people-pleaser, but Nicole Serratore wants you to focus on Tammy Blanchard and no one else.
28 October 2019
Features • NYC • NYC Features
Exeunt NYC Recommends: November 2019
By Exeunt Staff
This November, Alanis is on Broadway. Samuel D. Hunter is at Lincoln Center. And Dolly’s back in town (well, sort of). Check out our critics’ picks!
28 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bella Bella at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 1st October - 1st December 2019
By Joey Sims
Harvey Fierstein gives a warm portrayal of legendary political figure Bella Abzug, while challenging the audience to consider some uncomfortable political truths of today. Joey Sims reviews.
27 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Molly Sweeney at Theatre Row
Theatre Row ⋄ 8th October – 16th November 2019
By Patrick Maley
A gripping production of Brian Friel’s interlaced monologues. Patrick Maley reviews.
25 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: What if they went to Moscow? at BAM Fisher & BAM Rose Cinemas
BAM Fisher ⋄ October 23-October 27
By Lane Williamson
Brazillian director Christiane Jatahy brings her theatre-and-film adaptation of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” to BAM in an excavation of three women’s psyches. Lane Williamson reviews.
25 October 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia at Hudson Theatre
Hudson Theatre ⋄ 4th October 2019 - 16th February 2020
By Kev Berry
David Byrne’s intimate theatrical concert speaks to trying to do the best you can do in these brutal times. Kev Berry reviews
24 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 8-December 1
By Juan A. Ramirez
Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem offers serious beauty against an awful world in a joyous production at The Public. Juan Ramirez reviews.
23 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Scotland, PA at Roundabout Theatre Company
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ September 14-December 8, 2019
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall thought he’d seen it all when it came to Macbeth. But then this clever, tuneful musical adaptation that transports Birnam Wood to a 1970s fast-food joint snuck in through the drive-thru window.