Cary Grant, Aldous Huxley, and Clare Boothe Luce walk into a bar…except the bar is a Malibu estate and they’re all on acid. Loren Noveck finds the hook irresistible, but the execution less interesting.
Reviews
7 December 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Mrs. Doubtfire at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Stephen Sondheim Theatre ⋄ Open Ended
By Juliet Hindell
Though it may be a crowd-pleasing romp, this adaptation of the beloved film feels curiously dated. Juliet Hindell reviews.
6 December 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Selling Kabul at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ November 17-December 23, 2021
By Loren Noveck
Sylvia Khoury’s new play explores the anguishing human costs of the United States’s “Forever War” in Afghanistan. Loren Noveck reviews.
26 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Medicine at St. Ann’s Warehouse
St. Ann's Warehouse ⋄ November 11-December 12
By Daniel Krane
Daniel Krane finds not a lot to hold on to in Enda Walsh’s “brusque and often alienating” new play.
23 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Morning Sun at New York City Center – Stage I
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 12 October - 19 December
By Lane Williamson
Simon Stephens’ new play focuses on the ordinary life of one woman in Greenwich Village, but what makes the ordinary worth depicting on stage? Lane Williamson reviews.
18 November 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Trouble in Mind at the American Airlines Theatre
American Airlines Theatre ⋄ October 29, 2021 through January 9, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Alice Childress’s long-delayed Broadway debut marries simmering rage and sharp satire, and holds an uncomfortable mirror up to the theater world we still inhabit. Loren Noveck reviews.
18 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Cullud Wattah at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ November 2-December 12
By Loren Noveck
Erika Dickerson-Dispenza’s award-winning play won’t let us look away from the tragedy of Flint, Michigan. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 November 2021
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Diana, The Musical at the Longacre Theatre
Longacre Theatre ⋄ Open Ended
By Juliet Hindell
With a stellar cast and witty lyrics, this lavish bio-musical subscribes firmly to the view that the late Princess of Wales was a saint in a golden cage. Juliet Hindell reviews.
15 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Assassins at Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company ⋄ 2 November-29 January
By Lane Williamson
A jumbled production brings down the first rate cast in this revival of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical. Lane Williamson reviews.
12 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Preparedness at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ November 10-December 10
By Loren Noveck
Hilary Miller and the Bushwick Starr present an incisive, if not groundbreaking, black comedy about workplace violence and robot cats. Loren Noveck reviews.