Sean Daniels crafts an autobiographical play about his journey to recovery performed by an excellent three-person cast. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
Reviews
30 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Animal Kingdom at the Connelly Theater Upstairs
Connelly Theater ⋄ 25 Jan-10 Feb
By Lane Williamson
The U.S. premiere of a play about a family in group therapy that is well-directed, acted, and staged, but ultimately feels hollow. Lane Williamson reviews.
29 January 2024
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Days of Wine and Roses at Studio 54
Studio 54 ⋄ 6 Jan-28 April
By Juliet Hindell
Despite virtuosic performances, this musical adaptation of the 1962 film about a pair of alcoholics feels like its subject matter is straining against its form. Juliet Hindell reviews.
28 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Our Class at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ January 12-February 11, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Through the lives of ten Polish primary school classmates, we see the horrors a community can perpetrate upon itself, and the long tail of violence’s aftermath. Loren Noveck reviews.
22 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Aristocrats at Irish Rep
Irish Repertory Theatre ⋄ 11 January-3 March
By Juliet Hindell
Irish Rep continues its “Friel Project” with a beautiful revival of his play about an Irish family and their country’s changing landscape. Juliet Hindell reviews.
12 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Open Mic Night at Under the Radar
Performance Space New York ⋄ January 5-18, 2023
By Loren Noveck
An imaginary elegy for a lost theater scene. Loren Noveck reviews.
7 January 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Whole of Time at Torn Page
December 28, 2023-January 27, 2024
By Loren Noveck
An Argentine playwright puts a dark(er) spin on the American canon. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 December 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Manahatta at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ November 15-December 23, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Mary Kathryn Nagle’s new play gets bogged down in its expository details. Loren Noveck reviews.
30 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Spain at 2nd Stage
November 8-December 17, 2023
By Loren Noveck
A dizzying investigation of the line between truth and fiction, art and propaganda, Jen Silverman’s latest leaves Loren Noveck with much to ponder.
20 November 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Gardens of Anuncia at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Mitzi Newhouse Theatre ⋄ 19 October-31 December
By Lane Williamson
Michael John LaChiusa brings his unique theatricality to a memory musical about director/choreographer Graciela Daniele’s childhood in Perón’s Argentina. Lane Williamson reviews.