This immersive theater piece tackles the weight of 400 years of black American history with both humor and horror. Loren Noveck reviews.
Off-Broadway
9 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: User Not Found at BAM Greene Grape Annex
Brooklyn Academy of Music ⋄ November 6-November 16
By Lane Williamson
Dante or Die’s immersive, site-specific solo play is a powerful meditation on technology and mortality. Lane Williamson reviews.
8 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dr. Ride’s American Beach House at Greenwich House
Greenwich House ⋄ 21st October - 23rd November 2019
By Nicole Serratore
A sly, subtle trip through repressed queer desire gives a peek at the orbits of women around each other. Nicole Serratore reviews.
7 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Cyrano at Daryl Roth Theatre
Daryl Roth Theatre ⋄ 11th October - 22nd December 2019
By Jordan G. Teicher
Even with a musical team from the band The National and Peter Dinklage, do we need another Cyrano? Jordan Teicher ponders.
5 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Now Serving: A Guide to Aesthetic Etiquette in Four Courses at The Collapsable Hole
The Collapsable Hole ⋄ November 2-November 16
By Juliet Hindell
A wild dinner party skewers misogyny – quite literally – in Radiohole’s new play. Juliet Hindell reviews.
4 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Michaels at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 19-December 1
By Lane Williamson
The latest entry in Richard Nelson’s “Rhinebeck Panorama” is missing the alchemy that made the previous plays so successful. Lane Williamson reviews.
1 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hamnet at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ 30th October - 3rd November 2019
By Nicole Serratore
Dead Centre presents a meditation on death and grief with a remarkable performance from a young actor. Nicole Serratore reviews.
29 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Macbeth at Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company ⋄ October 10-December 15
By Maya Phillips
Real-life couple Nadia Bowers and Corey Stoll take different approaches to the Macbeths in John Doyle’s tragi-comic production. Maya Phillips reviews.
29 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Little Shop of Horrors at Westside Theatre
Westside Theatre ⋄ 14th September 2019 - 19th January 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Sure the production is a people-pleaser, but Nicole Serratore wants you to focus on Tammy Blanchard and no one else.
28 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bella Bella at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 1st October - 1st December 2019
By Joey Sims
Harvey Fierstein gives a warm portrayal of legendary political figure Bella Abzug, while challenging the audience to consider some uncomfortable political truths of today. Joey Sims reviews.