Basil Twist + Joey Arias = cabaret + drag + aliens + cheeky plants + marionette orchestra = a fizzy, witty, visually stunning good time. Loren Noveck reviews.
Performance
17 September 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins at Studio Seaview
September 3-October 11, 2026
By Loren Noveck
Mostly naked clowning with a dash of the highbrow and a gallon of the ridiculous. Loren Noveck reviews.
18 January 2026
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: What to Wear at BAM Harvey
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ January 15-18, 2026
By Loren Noveck
Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson restage a Richard Foreman opera with panache for Prototype. Loren Noveck reviews.
1 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Martha@BAM–The 1963 Interview at Brooklyn Academy of Music
BAM Fisher ⋄ October 28-November 1, 2025
By Loren Noveck
This documentary restaging of a famous Martha Graham interview is more than a historical curiosity. Loren Noveck reviews.
15 October 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Triplicity at Mabou Mines Theater@122CC
122CC ⋄ Mabou Mines Theater @122CC
By Loren Noveck
One of New York’s great avant-garde theater companies shines in a simple story of three lives. Loren Noveck reviews.
23 September 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Iranian Girlfriend at MITU580
MITU580 ⋄ September 18-October 4, 2025
By Loren Noveck
A work of auto(meta)fiction that offers much to enjoy without entirely coming together. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 September 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: The Essentialisn’t at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ September 10-28, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Eisa Davis’s new piece is as much ceremony as performance art. Loren Noveck reviews.
15 July 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Winning Is Winning at JACK
JACK ⋄ June 27-July 13, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Alec Duffy’s new piece grapples with the existential shriek of our current moment. Loren Noveck reviews.
23 April 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Class Dismissed at La Mama
LaMama E.T.C. ⋄ April 18 – May 4, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
A Dadaist performance piece leaves Lorin Wertheimer underwhelmed.
20 April 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Macbeth in Stride at BAM Harvey
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ April 15-27, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Whitney White is a multi-hyphenated theatrical powerhouse, but this fusion of Shakespeare and pop concert doesn’t gel. Loren Noveck reviews.