Brian Friel’s vivid play gains intimacy from the Zoom format and benefits from a shimmering performance by Michael Sheen. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
6 September 2020
Reviews
Review: Three Kings at The Old Vic: in Camera
Old Vic ⋄ 3rd -5th September 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Andrew Scott, with shades of anger, nonchalance, and self-awareness brings to life a new monologue about a narcissistic absent father and the sons he’s left behind. Nicole Serratore reviews.
21 August 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: the 7th voyage of egon tichy
July 30-ongoing
By Daniel Krane
Daniel Krane and Joey Sims contemplate what might make virtual theater appointment viewing–and appreciate quarantine theater that’s polished enough to criticize.
6 August 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Who’s There? at Ice Factory 2020
August 4-8
By Loren Noveck
A piece of big ideas that feels more about positions than people. Loren Noveck reviews.
31 July 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: we need your listening at Ice Factory Festival
online ⋄ 30th July - 2nd August 2020
By Nicole Serratore
A Zoom show about listening and distance offers moments of connection, with a surprise appearance of a cat. Nicole Serratore reviews.
25 July 2020
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Review: Beginning Days of True Jubilation at Ice Factory 2020
July 24-26
By Loren Noveck
The first piece in an all-virtual Ice Factory festival uses corporate meeting technology to deconstruct the trajectory of a tech start-up. Loren Noveck reviews.
23 July 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Weir at Irish Repertory Streaming
online ⋄ 21st – 25th July 2020
By Patrick Maley
An online rendering of Conor McPherson’s The Weir highlights our pandemic loneliness. Pat Maley reviews.
15 July 2020
Reviews
Review: A School for Fools
online ⋄ 4 June-9 July
By Daniel Krane
Belarus Free Theatre expands the boundaries of a laptop or tablet with their imaginative livestream experience. Daniel Krane reviews.
28 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Joinification Ceremony for the Church of FemAnimism
online ⋄ Monthly Church Services
By Janaki Ranpura
7 Daughters of Eve and Sibyl Kempson gather worshipers together for a delicate new form of theater-church. Janaki Ranpura gives thanks and praise.
28 May 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Homebound Project Second Edition
online ⋄ 20th of May -24th of May 2020, Additional series in June
By Daniel Krane
The Homebound Project offers a tasty theatrical buffet with 11 bite-sized shorts by playwrights like Anne Washburn and Ngozi Anyanwu. Daniel Krane sups on the series’ sustenance.