John Webster’s 400-year-old revenge tragedy “crackles with wit and insight”–but Cameron Kelsall finds that the production fails to live up to the possibilities.
Off-Broadway
31 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Lehman Trilogy at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ March 22 - April 20
By Lane Williamson
Despite an elegant design and phenomenal acting, this play about Lehman Brothers Holdings focuses on the bankers and ignores the common man. Lane Williamson reviews.
30 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar at Theatre for a New Audience
Theatre for a New Audience ⋄ March 17 - April 28
By Patrick Maley
Shana Cooper’s production brings fresh eyes to a well-trod Shakespearean chestnut. Patrick Maley reviews.
30 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Life Sucks. at The Wild Project
The Wild Project ⋄ March 22 - April 20
By Lane Williamson
A modern Chekhovian riff shows that life has not changed much since the nineteenth century. Lane Williamson reviews.
22 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: I Married an Angel at New York City Center
March 20 - March 24
By Lane Williamson
Thick layers of sexism and a dull score pervade any chance of this lost Rodgers & Hart musical taking flight. Lane Williamson reviews.
19 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Nantucket Sleigh Ride at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre
Mitzi Newhouse Theatre ⋄ February 21 - May 5
By Juliet Hindell
John Guare’s new play is a raucous romp through a seaside town with a bevy of outrageous characters and circumstances, but how does it all add up? Juliet Hindell reviews.
18 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Alice by Heart at MCC Theater
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ January 30-April 7
By Loren Noveck
Alice’s rabbit hole reimagined as the London Underground during WWII: Does it work? Loren Noveck isn’t so sure.
18 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ 15th of February – 5th April 2019
By Ayanna Prescod
Tori Sampson’s new play gives the audiences a mirror to reflect on ideas around black beauty. Ayanna Prescod reviews.
12 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fleabag at SoHo Playhouse
Soho Playhouse ⋄ 27th February – 14th April 2019
By Cameron Kelsall
A cringeworthy world of surprising and complete characters from the singular Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
9 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The B-Side: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons” at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ 1 March - 31 March
By Lane Williamson
Eric Berryman gives voice to inmates in 1965 Texas prisons via The Wooster Group’s “record album interpretation,” but the artist’s connection to the work is missing. Lane Williamson reviews.