Theresa Rebeck’s new play, set in a plant shop, leaves our critic green with envy. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
Off-Broadway
16 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Psychic Self Defense at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ September 12-30, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Normandy Sherwood’s hallucinatory dreamscape isn’t like anything Loren Noveck has ever seen before.
14 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Death, Let Me Do My Show at the Lucille Lortel
Lucille Lortel Theatre ⋄ September 6-30, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Rachel Bloom planned to tour a show in spring 2020. Life, and death, got in the way. Three years later, does her brand of musical comedy still speak to us? Loren Noveck reviews.
8 September 2023
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: The Creeps at Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s
Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's ⋄ September 1-November 5, 2023
By Loren Noveck
A solo show that unsettles, but possibly for the wrong reasons. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 August 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Let’s Call Her Patty at LCT3
Claire Tow Theater ⋄ July 15-August 27, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Rhea Perlman’s Patty is both too much and too little in a new play by Zarina Shea. Loren Noveck reviews.
31 July 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Half-God of Rainfall at NYTW
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ 14 July 2023 to 20 August 2023
By Nicole Serratore
This poem-play from Inua Ellams is a mélange of interesting images, ideas, and theatrical moments but lacks cohesion. Nicole Serratore reviews.
13 July 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Saviour at Irish Repertory Theater
July 1 – August 13, 2023
By Lorin Wertheimer
Deirdre Kinahan’s new play at Irish Rep grips us even as it indicts us. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
6 July 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Uncle Vanya in a Flatiron Loft
28 June-16 July
By Lane Williamson
An intimate staging and unparalleled performances coalesce in a stunning production of Chekhov’s play. Lane Williamson reviews.
28 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hamlet at the Delacorte Theater
Delacorte Theater ⋄ June 8-August 6, 2023
By Juliet Hindell
Shakespeare in the Park’s only 2023 production is a “super-fresh take on this play of plays.” Juliet Hindell reviews.
25 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Grief Hotel at Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ June 21-July 1, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks closes with a delicate, funny, and touching exploration of grief and the search for human connection. Loren Noveck reviews.