It crams in too much and skips salient issues but this jukebox musical still ends up being a lot of fun.
Reviews
4 May 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Summer and Smoke at Classic Stage
Classic Stage Company ⋄ Through 25th May 2018
By Nicole Serratore
Marin Ireland and Nathan Darrow heat up this minimalist production of the Tennessee Williams’s play.
2 May 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Henry V at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 23rd April - 13th May 2018
By Alicia Kort
Alicia Kort reviews the Mobile Unit’s newest production.
1 May 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Travesties at American Airlines Theatre
American Airlines Theatre ⋄ 29th March to 17th June 2018
By Loren Noveck
Dizzying and dazzling, this superb Stoppard revival from director Patrick Marber zips along.
1 May 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at Lyric Theatre
Lyric Theatre ⋄ From March 16th 2018
By Kev Berry
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child casts a spell. But Kev Berry asks at what cost?
30 April 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Symphonie Fantastique at HERE Arts Center
HERE Arts Center ⋄ To 15th July 2018
By Jordan G. Teicher
Jordan G. Teicher reviews the reprise of Basil Twist’s phantasmagorical show in a giant water tank.
25 April 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: My Fair Lady at Lincoln Center
Vivian Beaumont Theatre ⋄ 15th March 2018 - 6th January 2019
By Nicole Serratore
Eliza Dolittle is a feisty, self-aware hero in this revival of My Fair Lady. Nicole Serratore reviews.
25 April 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Seagullmachine at La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theater
La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theater ⋄ To 5th May 2018
By Alison Walls
The Assembly tries to make sense of Hamlet, Chekhov and Heiner Müller. Alison Walls reviews.
24 April 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Transfers at Lucille Lortel Theatre
Lucille Lortel Theatre ⋄ To 13th May 2018
By Dan O'Neil
Dan O’Neil reviews Lucy Thurber’s predictable bait-and-switch about Ivy League admissions.
22 April 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Carousel at the Imperial Theatre
Imperial Theatre ⋄ 28th February -2nd September 2018
By Ayanna Prescod
Jack O’Brien’s production choices complicate an already fraught classic in 2018. Ayanna Prescod reviews.