A star-making performance by Casey Likes keeps this musical adaptation on life support. Lane Williamson reviews.
Reviews
6 November 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: My Broken Language at Signature at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Signature Theatre ⋄ October 18-November 27
By Loren Noveck
Quiara Alegría Hudes’s adaptation of her memoir is more of an unusually creative literary reading than a play. Loren Noveck reviews.
4 November 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Parade at New York City Center
New York City Center ⋄ 1 November-6 November
By Lane Williamson
Michael Arden directs a breathtaking revival of the Jason Robert Brown & Alfred Uhry musical. Lane Williamson reviews.
30 October 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Man of No Importance at Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company ⋄ 11 October - 18 December
By Lane Williamson
John Doyle revives a lesser known Ahrens & Flaherty musical in his final act as Artistic Director at Classic Stage. Lane Williamson reviews.
28 October 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Topdog/Underdog at the Golden Theatre
Golden Theatre ⋄ October 20, 2022-January 15, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Suzan-Lori Parks’s Pulitzer Prize winner returns to Broadway, as powerful and as devastating as ever. Loren Noveck reviews.
28 October 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hamlet at the BAM Harvey Theater
BAM Harvey Theatre ⋄ 27 October-5 November
By Lane Williamson
Thomas Ostermeier and Lars Eidinger go balls-to-the-wall in “the greatest ‘Hamlet’ of our time.” Lane Williamson reviews.
24 October 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Little Life at BAM
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House ⋄ 20 October-29 October
By Lane Williamson
Hanya Yanagihara’s novel takes the stage in a production by Ivo van Hove–brutality intact. Lane Williamson reviews.
14 October 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Piano Lesson at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Barrymore Theatre ⋄ 19 September-15 January
By Patrick Maley
Director LaTanya Richardson Jackson brings a revival of August Wilson’s classic play with a starry cast and little splash. Patrick J. Maley reviews.
11 October 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Peerless at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ September 24-November 6
By Loren Noveck
A pair of twins think they know what their future holds. Jiehae Park’s biting tragicomedy shows how wrong they are. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 October 2022
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Death of a Salesman at the Hudson Theatre
Hudson Theatre ⋄ 17 September-15 January
By Juliet Hindell
A familiar play is rendered new again in Miranda Cromwell’s revival. Juliet Hindell reviews.