Alexander Zeldin’s play, a slice-of-life in a temporary housing facility, makes its U.S. debut in a quietly stirring production. Lane Williamson reviews.
Off-Broadway
27 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window at BAM
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ February 4-March 24
By Loren Noveck
This Lorraine Hansberry revival substitutes bitter truths for bohemian illusions. Loren Noveck reviews.
21 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Bright New Boise at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ 31 January-12 March
By Lane Williamson
A revival of Samuel D. Hunter’s 2010 play feels like a relic from playwriting past, but even a dated Hunter play is worthwhile. Lane Williamson reviews.
16 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Wanderers at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 26 January-2 April
By Cameron Kelsall
Anna Ziegler’s novelistic new work about writers, their parents, and Katie Holmes playing an actress meanders through tedium. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
6 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Audience at La Mama
La Mama ⋄ February 2-February 19, 2023
By Juliet Hindell
A 1975 play by Václav Havel, brought to life with marionettes, remains relevant in our age of technological surveillance. Juliet Hindell reviews.
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.