A medieval retelling that puts women back in the picture, with mixed results. Loren Noveck reviews.
Reviews
24 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Doppelganger at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 22nd September 28th September 2023
By Nicole Serratore
With a thumping heartbeat, Claus Guth’s production of Schubert’s Swan Song portrays a soldier’s journey towards death. Nicole Serratore reviews.
21 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dig at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 2 September-22 October
By Lorin Wertheimer
Theresa Rebeck’s new play, set in a plant shop, leaves our critic green with envy. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
16 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: Psychic Self Defense at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ September 12-30, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Normandy Sherwood’s hallucinatory dreamscape isn’t like anything Loren Noveck has ever seen before.
15 September 2023
Reviews • Regional
Review: A New Brain at Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage Company ⋄ 16 August-10 September
By Lane Williamson
William Finn’s autobiographical musical is revived in the Berkshires in a fantastic production. Lane Williamson reviews.
14 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Death, Let Me Do My Show at the Lucille Lortel
Lucille Lortel Theatre ⋄ September 6-30, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Rachel Bloom planned to tour a show in spring 2020. Life, and death, got in the way. Three years later, does her brand of musical comedy still speak to us? Loren Noveck reviews.
8 September 2023
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: The Creeps at Playhouse 46 at St. Luke’s
Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's ⋄ September 1-November 5, 2023
By Loren Noveck
A solo show that unsettles, but possibly for the wrong reasons. Loren Noveck reviews.
20 August 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Here Lies Love at Broadway Theatre
Broadway Theatre ⋄
By Nicole Serratore
Nicole Serratore panics on the disco floor finding Here Lies Love’s immersion doesn’t quite work on Broadway.
14 August 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Shark Is Broken at the Golden Theatre
July 25-November 19, 2023
By Loren Noveck
There’s a whole lot of meta and not so much shark in this behind-the-scenes comedy on the set of JAWS. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 August 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Let’s Call Her Patty at LCT3
Claire Tow Theater ⋄ July 15-August 27, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Rhea Perlman’s Patty is both too much and too little in a new play by Zarina Shea. Loren Noveck reviews.