The West Village of the past is resurrected in Cusi Cram’s elegiac play that happens in and around Rattlestick’s theatre, bringing to life the AIDS patients and the saints that inhabited St. Vincent’s Hospital. Lane Williamson reviews.
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16 September 2019
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Review: Wives at Playwrights Horizons
August 23-October 6
By Loren Noveck
Jaclyn Backhaus’s latest is a feminist confection full of cheerily subversive little soap bubbles of delight. Loren Noveck reviews.
15 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Night of the Moles at the NYU Skirball Center
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ September 12-September 14
By Dan O'Neil
Enormous moles exhaust their possibilities in this adventurous French production. Dan O’Neil reviews.
15 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Only Yesterday at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ September 7-September 29
By Joey Sims
John Lennon and Paul McCartney forge their iconic bond in this simplistic, but ultimately moving play by Bob Stevens. Joey Sims reviews.
11 September 2019
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Betrayal at Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre ⋄ 5th of September – 8th of December 2019
By Maya Phillips
Stylish and cool, with some incongruous choices, but a talented cast give a thoughtful exploration of Pinter’s famous play. Maya Phillips reviews.
10 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: BAD NEWS! i was there… at the NYU Skirball Center
NYU Skirball Center ⋄ September 6-September 8
By Alison Walls
This mash-up of Ancient Greek messenger speeches tries to break conventionality with a roving audience and miles of caution tape, but it ends up falling into its own traps. Alison Walls reviews.
9 September 2019
Reviews • NYC Regional
Review: Superterranean at Philly Fringe
2300 Arena ⋄ 5th-15th September 2019
By Cameron Kelsall
An avant-garde choose your own adventure from Pig Iron and Mimi Lien ends up curiously empty. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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.