Lorin Wertheimer wonders how far a safe space extends in Nathan Alan Davis’ epic three-part play.
Reviews
11 October 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: DruidO’Casey at NYU Skirball Center
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ 4 October-14 October
By Juliet Hindell
Sean O’Casey’s Dublin trilogy is revived by Druid Theatre Company with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see all three plays in one day-long marathon. Juliet Hindell reviews.
1 October 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch
7th September 2023-7th January 2024
By Nicole Serratore
Ossie Davis’s segregation-era satire has lost none of its bite and this frenetic production balances laughter, beauty, and social critique perfectly. Nicole Serratore reviews.
27 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Mary Gets Hers at Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space ⋄ September 11-October 14, 2023
By Loren Noveck
A medieval retelling that puts women back in the picture, with mixed results. Loren Noveck 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.