Talene Monahon’s new play, expertly directed by David Cromer, mixes big philosophical questions with nuanced character portraits. Loren Noveck reviews.
NYC
22 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Practice at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ October 30-December 7
By Loren Noveck
An unsettling interrogation of theater’s power dynamics that teeters on the line between exposé and exploitation. Loren Noveck reviews.
22 November 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Longacre Theatre
Longacre Theatre ⋄ November 1, 2025-open-ended
By Carol Rocamora
Two strangers meet cute but their story is no rom-com–and all the more enchanting for it. Carol Rocamora reviews.
20 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Seat of Our Pants at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 24-December 7, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Ethan Lipton’s delightful songs don’t quite get this Thornton Wilder adaptation where it needs to be. Loren Noveck reviews.
20 November 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Chess at the Imperial Theatre
Imperial Theatre ⋄ 15 October-Open Ended
By Cameron Kelsall
Even great singing and flashy lighting can’t get our critic to care about chess. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
20 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Laowang, a Chinatown King Lear at Primary Stages
Primary Stages ⋄ November 1-December 14, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
This Shakespeare adaptation doesn’t live up to its premise. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
17 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at New World Stages
New World Stages ⋄ 7 November-12 April
By Lane Williamson
William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical comes back to New York with the warmth of an old friend. Lane Williamson reviews.
13 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Archduke at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ October 23-December 21, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer finds Rajiv Joseph’s new play about confused young men stumbling into history both funny and tragic.
10 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Richard II at the Astor Place Theatre
Astor Place Theatre ⋄ 28 October-30 November
By Patrick Maley
Craig Baldwin’s modern, bold rendering of Shakespeare’s classic reveals new dimensions of the text, particularly through a wonderful central performance by Michael Urie. Patrick Maley reviews.
10 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire at the Vineyard Theatre
Vineyard Theatre ⋄ October 23-November 30, 2020
By Loren Noveck
Anne Washburn’s new play crosses the line from intriguingly elliptical into frustratingly opaque. Loren Noveck reviews.