Celine Song’s new play mixes brutal truth, barnstorming set pieces, and a bit of magic. Joey Sims reviews.
Reviews
8 March 2020
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: West Side Story at Broadway Theatre
Broadway Theatre ⋄ Open-Ended Run
By Lane Williamson
Ivo van Hove brings fresh eyes to West Side Story in this video-heavy production and with it makes something wholly original. Lane Williamson shakes off van Hove fatigue and finds pleasure again in van Hove’s work.
5 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Coal Country at Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 18th February - 5th April 2020
By Jordan G. Teicher
Potent, vivid documentary theater about 2010 West Virginia mine disaster with music by Steve Earle. Jordan G. Teicher reviews.
4 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Perplexed at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ February 11-March 29
By Juan A. Ramirez
Juan Ramirez finds no joy in this “lifeless production” of Richard Greenberg’s new play, with a “dire lack of dramatic tension.”
4 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Suicide Forest at A.R.T./New York Theatres
ART/New York ⋄ 25th February 25 - 15th March 2020
By Jordan G. Teicher
Haruna Lee’s surrealism, satire, and comedy serve a gut-wrenching play on gender, sexuality, immigration and trauma.
1 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Hot Wing King at Signature Theatre
The Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ February 11-March 22
By Patrick Maley
Katori Hall returns to Memphis and brings the dialect of the city to simmering life in her new play. Patrick Maley reviews.
27 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Unsinkable Molly Brown at Abrons Arts Center
Abrons Arts Center ⋄ February 8-March 22
By Joey Sims
Beth Malone shines in the title role, but Joey Sims wishes this production were a little more “actively weird.”
27 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dana H. at the Vineyard Theatre
Vineyard Theatre ⋄ Through March 29
By Lane Williamson
A verbatim play about the abduction of Lucas Hnath’s mother raises questions of authorship, while still delivering quite a wallop of a story. Lane Williamson reviews.
25 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: We’re Gonna Die at the Tony Kiser Theater
Tony Kiser Theater ⋄ February 4-March 22
By Loren Noveck
Big, bold directorial choices don’t enhance Young Jean Lee’s intimate musical. Loren Noveck reviews.
25 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Cambodian Rock Band at Signature Theatre Center
Signature Theatre ⋄ 4 February-15 March, 2020
By Alison Walls
The music is bangin’, but Lauren Yee’s script and Chay Yew’s direction never quite free themselves from the obvious. Alison Walls notes a lot of missed opportunities to be daring.