Anna Deveare Smith was one of the creators of verbatim theater. Maya Phillips finds the fire of her 1992 play still intact in this revival performed by Michael Benjamin Washington.
Reviews
10 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Performance
Review: The Black History Museum…According to the United States of America at HERE
HERE Arts Center ⋄ November 1-24
By Loren Noveck
This immersive theater piece tackles the weight of 400 years of black American history with both humor and horror. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: User Not Found at BAM Greene Grape Annex
Brooklyn Academy of Music ⋄ November 6-November 16
By Lane Williamson
Dante or Die’s immersive, site-specific solo play is a powerful meditation on technology and mortality. Lane Williamson reviews.
8 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dr. Ride’s American Beach House at Greenwich House
Greenwich House ⋄ 21st October - 23rd November 2019
By Nicole Serratore
A sly, subtle trip through repressed queer desire gives a peek at the orbits of women around each other. Nicole Serratore reviews.
7 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Cyrano at Daryl Roth Theatre
Daryl Roth Theatre ⋄ 11th October - 22nd December 2019
By Jordan G. Teicher
Even with a musical team from the band The National and Peter Dinklage, do we need another Cyrano? Jordan Teicher ponders.
5 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Now Serving: A Guide to Aesthetic Etiquette in Four Courses at The Collapsable Hole
The Collapsable Hole ⋄ November 2-November 16
By Juliet Hindell
A wild dinner party skewers misogyny – quite literally – in Radiohole’s new play. Juliet Hindell reviews.
4 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Michaels at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 19-December 1
By Lane Williamson
The latest entry in Richard Nelson’s “Rhinebeck Panorama” is missing the alchemy that made the previous plays so successful. Lane Williamson reviews.
1 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Hamnet at BAM Fisher
BAM Fisher ⋄ 30th October - 3rd November 2019
By Nicole Serratore
Dead Centre presents a meditation on death and grief with a remarkable performance from a young actor. Nicole Serratore reviews.
30 October 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Sound Inside at Studio 54
Studio 54 ⋄ September 14, 2019 - January 12, 2020
By Cameron Kelsall
Adam Rapp’s Broadway debut is masterfully acted, directed, and designed, but the play itself may leave you feeling “impressed and unsatisfied.” Cameron Kelsall reviews.
29 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Macbeth at Classic Stage Company
Classic Stage Company ⋄ October 10-December 15
By Maya Phillips
Real-life couple Nadia Bowers and Corey Stoll take different approaches to the Macbeths in John Doyle’s tragi-comic production. Maya Phillips reviews.