A 1975 play by Václav Havel, brought to life with marionettes, remains relevant in our age of technological surveillance. Juliet Hindell reviews.
Off-Broadway
2 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Endgame at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Irish Repertory Theatre ⋄ 25 Jan-12 Mar
By Lane Williamson
Beckett’s play is revived, but doesn’t fully come to life in a new production starring Bill Irwin and John Douglas Thompson. Lane Williamson reviews.
14 January 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner at Under the Radar
Public Theater ⋄ January 10-January 22, 2023
By Loren Noveck
How do you act out a Tweetstorm? Jasmine Lee-Jones’s Under the Radar show wants to show you. Loren Noveck reviews.
6 January 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Are we not drawn onward to new erA at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ January 4-8, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Ontroerend Goed’s piece in Under the Radar plays a beautiful trick. Loren Noveck reviews.
19 December 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Ye Bear & Ye Cubb at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ Through 23rd December 2022
By Nicole Serratore
A comical imagining of an early American play fails to get the audience on board for its idea of fun. Nicole Serratore reviews
17 December 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Des Moines at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ December 10, 2022-January 1, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Denis Johnson’s play gives us an evening in limbo with an exceptional cast. Loren Noveck reviews.
4 December 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Becky Nurse of Salem at Lincoln Center Theater
November 8-December 31, 2022
By Loren Noveck
If you too have wondered since high school how John Proctor got to be the protagonist of a play about the Salem witch trials, then Sarah Ruhl’s new play is for you. Loren Noveck reviews.
21 November 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Opera
Review: Trojan Women at BAM
Brooklyn Academy of Music ⋄ October 18-19, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Greek tragedy reimagined by a Singaporean director through two traditional Korean musical art forms, all reminding us of the horrors of war. Loren Noveck reviews.
15 November 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Downstate at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 28 October-11 December
By Cameron Kelsall
“Brilliant button-pusher” Bruce Norris wades into murky moral water with his latest play. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
15 November 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Catch as Catch Can
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ October 14-November 20, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Mia Chung’s new play uses a casting conceit to investigate the question “Do you know who you are?” to devastating effect. Loren Noveck reviews.