Loren Noveck doesn’t quite know whether to laugh or cry at this workplace comedy about Russian social media trolls that’s both terrifyingly realistic and absurdly hilarious.
Reviews
20 October 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Circle Jerk
online ⋄ Through 7th November 2020
By Nicole Serratore
Going full maximalism, this live streaming show is skewering satire of white supremacy in gay circles.
5 October 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Baby Jessica’s Well-Made Play
Over the Phone ⋄ Through 22nd November 2020
By Nicole Serratore
An interactive, phone-based show makes you think about celebrity, media, history, and memory. Nicole Serratore reviews.
19 September 2020
Reviews
Review: Faith Healer at The Old Vic: In Camera
Old Vic ⋄ 16th - 19th September 2020
By Cameron Kelsall
Brian Friel’s vivid play gains intimacy from the Zoom format and benefits from a shimmering performance by Michael Sheen. Cameron Kelsall 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.