All the excellent component parts of this passion project revival still leave something missing. Lane Williamson reviews.
Reviews
13 December 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Everything Is Here at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ December 3-20, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Meghan Finn’s elegant direction and a rock-solid ensemble ground Peggy Stafford’s delicate portrait of loss. Loren Noveck reviews.
8 December 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: They Are All Gone at La Mama
LaMama E.T.C. ⋄ December 4-7, 2025
By Loren Noveck
How does one go on when the worst has happened? Loren Noveck reviews a show in the Balkan theater showcase From the Other Side that asks that question.
6 December 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 2 Dec-14 Dec
By Lane Williamson
Our critic was expecting something spectacular and got something else with this adaptation of Larry Mitchell’s 1977 fable. Lane Williamson reviews.
3 December 2025
Reviews • Cabaret • NYC
Review: Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch: I’ll Be Home for Christmas at 54 Below
54 Below ⋄ 29 Nov-6 Dec
By Lane Williamson
The holiday season is in full swing as this talented duo takes the stage with a Christmas show at 54 Below. Lane Williamson reviews.
25 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Meet the Cartozians at Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ October 30-December 14, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Talene Monahon’s new play, expertly directed by David Cromer, mixes big philosophical questions with nuanced character portraits. Loren Noveck reviews.
22 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Practice at Playwrights Horizons
Playwrights Horizons ⋄ October 30-December 7
By Loren Noveck
An unsettling interrogation of theater’s power dynamics that teeters on the line between exposé and exploitation. Loren Noveck reviews.
22 November 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Longacre Theatre
Longacre Theatre ⋄ November 1, 2025-open-ended
By Carol Rocamora
Two strangers meet cute but their story is no rom-com–and all the more enchanting for it. Carol Rocamora reviews.
20 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Seat of Our Pants at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 24-December 7, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Ethan Lipton’s delightful songs don’t quite get this Thornton Wilder adaptation where it needs to be. Loren Noveck reviews.
20 November 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Chess at the Imperial Theatre
Imperial Theatre ⋄ 15 October-Open Ended
By Cameron Kelsall
Even great singing and flashy lighting can’t get our critic to care about chess. Cameron Kelsall reviews.