Through the lives of ten Polish primary school classmates, we see the horrors a community can perpetrate upon itself, and the long tail of violence’s aftermath. Loren Noveck reviews.
Off-Broadway
22 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Aristocrats at Irish Rep
Irish Repertory Theatre ⋄ 11 January-3 March
By Juliet Hindell
Irish Rep continues its “Friel Project” with a beautiful revival of his play about an Irish family and their country’s changing landscape. Juliet Hindell reviews.
12 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Open Mic Night at Under the Radar
Performance Space New York ⋄ January 5-18, 2023
By Loren Noveck
An imaginary elegy for a lost theater scene. Loren Noveck reviews.
7 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Whole of Time at Torn Page
December 28, 2023-January 27, 2024
By Loren Noveck
An Argentine playwright puts a dark(er) spin on the American canon. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 December 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Manahatta at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ November 15-December 23, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Mary Kathryn Nagle’s new play gets bogged down in its expository details. Loren Noveck reviews.
30 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Spain at 2nd Stage
November 8-December 17, 2023
By Loren Noveck
A dizzying investigation of the line between truth and fiction, art and propaganda, Jen Silverman’s latest leaves Loren Noveck with much to ponder.
20 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Gardens of Anuncia at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Mitzi Newhouse Theatre ⋄ 19 October-31 December
By Lane Williamson
Michael John LaChiusa brings his unique theatricality to a memory musical about director/choreographer Graciela Daniele’s childhood in Perón’s Argentina. Lane Williamson reviews.
16 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Arcadia at the West End Theatre
West End Theatre ⋄ October 27-December 23, 2023
By Lorin Wertheimer
A gleeful production of Tom Stoppard’s complex classic. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
15 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Scene Partners at the Vineyard Theatre
Vineyard Theatre ⋄ 27 October-17 December
By Lane Williamson
Dianne Wiest returns to the stage in a new play, but its collage-like structure confuses its intent. Lane Williamson reviews.
14 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Waiting for Godot at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
November 4-December 3, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Paul Sparks’s Vladimir brings seeds of hope to Beckett’s bleak classic. Loren Noveck reviews.