This poem-play from Inua Ellams is a mélange of interesting images, ideas, and theatrical moments but lacks cohesion. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Off-Broadway
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.
20 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Doctor at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 3 June-19 August
By Lane Williamson
Robert Icke and Juliet Stevenson elevate a medical procedural while examining identity politics. Lane Williamson reviews.
10 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Deep Blue Sound at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks
The Wild Project ⋄ June 5-June 15
By Loren Noveck
This portrait of a community drifts into the disappointingly vague and episodic. Loren Noveck reviews.
6 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Wet Brain at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ May 17-June 25, 2023
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer finds that an alien ex machina leaves him cold in John J. Caswell’s new play.
5 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Comeuppance at Signature Theatre Center
Signature Theatre ⋄ May 17-June 25
By Loren Noveck
Death is the uninvited guest at a pre-reunion pre-game party in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new play, expertly directed by Eric Ting. Loren Noveck reviews.
28 May 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Evelyn Brown (A Diary) at La Mama
La MaMa Downstairs ⋄ May 19-June 4, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck finds this lost María Irene Fornés play a curious artifact.