An avant-garde choose your own adventure from Pig Iron and Mimi Lien ends up curiously empty. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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8 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: American Moor at Red Bull Theater
Cherry Lane Theatre ⋄ 27th of August – 5th of October 2019
By Juan A. Ramirez
Keith Hamilton Cobb’s impassioned argument for having a voice in his own representation is compelling, but also holds too much back. Juan A. Ramirez reviews.
6 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Waterboy and the Mighty World at Bushwick Starr
Bushwick Starr ⋄ 4th - 7th September 2019
By Joey Sims
Loose connections but stronger feelings bring a sense of community to a devised work by The HawtPlates. Joey Sims reviews
3 September 2019
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Review: Felix Starro at Ma-Yi Theater Company
Theatre Row ⋄ 23rd August -15th September 2019
By Caroline Cao
Despite a bumpy road, a new musical by Filipino American artists about Filipino American characters, Felix Starro, has a compelling destination. Caroline Cao reviews.
30 August 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Make Believe at Second Stage Theater
Second Stage Theater ⋄ July 30th – September 22nd 2019
By Alison Walls
Playwright Bess Wohl finds a new angle on the familiar tale of family collapse. Alison Walls reviews.
14 August 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Love, Noël at the Irish Repertory Theatre
Irish Repertory Theatre ⋄ July 27-August 25
By Juliet Hindell
Weaving together Noël Coward’s songs and letters, Irish Rep’s cabaret piece is “unwaveringly affectionate” to the noted raconteur and capitalizes on his clever wordplay. Juliet Hindell reviews.
13 August 2019
Reviews • NYC Regional
Review: What We May Be at Berkshire Theatre Group
Berkshire Theatre Group ⋄ August 8-August 31
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall is not complaining about Kathleen Clark’s sweet-natured love letter to the ethos of community theater, featuring a star turn by Penny Fuller.
11 August 2019
Reviews • NYC Regional
Review: Before the Meeting at Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown Theatre Festival ⋄ August 7 – 18
By Cameron Kelsall
Adam Bock, once again, finds the extraordinary within the ordinary in a world premiere at Williamstown. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
10 August 2019
Reviews • NYC Regional
Review: Ghosts at Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown Theatre Festival ⋄ July 31 – August 18
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall finds this Ibsen revival at Williamstown brings stale melodrama rather than shocking moral turpitude.
9 August 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Bat Out of Hell at New York City Center
August 1-September 8
By Joey Sims
Our critic, Joey Sims, “Would Do Anything for Love”…of Lena Hall. She’s currently playing a rock-belting mom in this logic-defying, over-the-top, damn good time of a musical.