Amy Heckerling’s musical adaptation of her classic ’90s film is a good time, but not necessarily good theatre. Joey Sims reviews.
NYC
13 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Net Will Appear at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 5 December - 30 December
By Dan O'Neil
Erin Mallon’s play is a welcome escape into something nice. Dan O’Neil reviews.
12 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Slave Play at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ 9th -30th December 2018
By Alison Walls
Explicit, provocative, and rich with intentional ambiguity, Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play mixes shocked laughter with deep discomfort.
12 December 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Network at the Belasco Theatre
Belasco Theatre ⋄ Through March 17, 2019
By Juliet Hindell
A multimedia adaptation of Paddy Chayefsky’s film by Ivo van Hove rams home the contemporary relevance of how media can go completely mad.
11 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fabulation, or The Re-Education of Undine at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ November 19-January 6
By Loren Noveck
The tragicomic, or comitragic, epic journey of a woman who made herself once, and now has to do it all over again. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Noura at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ November 27-December 30
By Loren Noveck
In Noura, a refugee lives in exile from herself, trying to reconcile her past and her present. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Jungle at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ December 4-January 27
By Ran Xia
The Jungle asks if even the worst of places can become a home. Ran Xia reviews.
9 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Head and the Load at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ December 4-15
By Juliet Hindell
A “living sculpture” that pays tribute to the forgotten African heroes of the Great War. Juliet Hindell reviews.
7 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Selkie at The Wild Project
The Wild Project ⋄ 30 November - 22 December
By Ran Xia
Krista Knight’s play looks at a toxic relationship and the shedding of skin to escape it. Ran Xia reviews.
6 December 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Cher Show at Neil Simon Theatre
Neil Simon Theatre ⋄ Open ended run
By Lane Williamson
Equal parts exhilarating and mystifying, hilarious and stupefying, empowering and conflicting. The Cher Show arrives on Broadway.