A new play about the life of Artimesia Gentileschi digs into Renaissance gender politics with mixed results. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
Off-Broadway
16 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Burnout Paradise at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ November 12-December 1
By Loren Noveck
This Edinburgh Fringe hit enacts the impossibility of everyday life–on literal treadmills. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Strategic Love Play at the Minetta Lane Theatre
Minetta Lane Theatre ⋄ 1 Nov-7 Dec
By Cameron Kelsall
Miriam Battye’s play about dating after thirty falls on clichés and mismatched chemistry between its stars. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
28 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ October 10-November 17
By Loren Noveck
Sarah Mantell’s play finds a flicker of hope in the face of climate catastrophe. Loren Noveck reviews.
28 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: We Live in Cairo at New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ 9 Oct-24 Nov
By Lorin Wertheimer
A new musical about revolutionary artists storms the stage at New York Theatre Workshop, but finds less success than its predecessor. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
27 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hothouse at Irish Arts Center
Irish Arts Center ⋄ October 23-November 17, 2024
By Loren Noveck
A madcap cabaret about the end of the world and generational trauma also makes space for a glimmer of hope. Loren Noveck reviews.
20 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Woman Among Women at the Bushwick Starr
Bushwick Starr ⋄ October 15-November 3, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Julia May Jonas responds to the male-centric American canon in intriguing if sometimes puzzling ways. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Vladimir at New York City Center Stage I
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 24 September-10 November
By Lorin Wertheimer
A new play about a journalist in Putin’s Russia creates an unsteady mix of fact and fiction. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
15 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Good Bones at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ September 19-October 27, 2024
By Loren Noveck
A play of big ideas that never quite finds its footing. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Counter at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 20 September-17 November
By Lorin Wertheimer
Meghan Kennedy’s new play connects two lonely souls over a cup of diner coffee. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.