A Dadaist performance piece leaves Lorin Wertheimer underwhelmed.
Performance
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.
7 April 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Two Sisters Find a Box of Lesbian Erotica in the Woods at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ March 28-April 26, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Sometimes lesbian space aliens are just what the doctor ordered. Loren Noveck reviews.
31 March 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: The Trojans at the Cell
The Cell Theatre ⋄ March 19-April 19, 2025
By Lorin Wertheimer
Loren Noveck and Lorin Wertheimer have very different opinions about this new synth-pop musical that grapples with the Greeks.
16 January 2025
Reviews • NYC • Performance
Review: Dead as a Dodo at Baruch PAC
Baruch Performing Arts Center ⋄ January 8-February 9, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Miraculous puppets and macabre whimsy. Loren Noveck reviews an Under the Radar show for all ages.
18 December 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Reviews: True Love Forever at Art X
Art X ⋄ November 21, 2024-February 15, 2024
By Loren Noveck
A date-night experience that’s part concert, part dance piece, part collective catharsis. Loren Noveck reviews.
8 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: The Wind and the Rain: A Story About Sunny’s Bar at the Waterfront Museum
Waterfront Museum ⋄ September 28-October 27, 2024
By Loren Noveck
A new site-specific play about Sunny’s Bar takes us on a journey through time, and reminds us of home. Loren Noveck reviews.
13 July 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Bill’s 44th at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ July 10-28
By Loren Noveck
This emotionally expansive puppet piece is both joyful and heartbreaking. Loren Noveck finds it a pleasure to celebrate with Bill.
8 May 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Small Acts of Daring Invention at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ May 1-June 1, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck finds this unsettling puppet piece visually stunning but emotionally ephemeral.
28 February 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Existentialism at La Mama
La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theater ⋄ February 23-March 10, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Talking Band, La Mama, and Anne Bogart remind us of Off-Off-Broadway’s roots in this small gem of a performance piece. Loren Noveck reviews.