Excellent performances sometimes take characters deeper than Chisa Hutchinson’s script. Loren Noveck reviews.
Venues: 59E59 Theaters
19 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Light and the Dark at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ November 2-December 15, 2024
By Lorin Wertheimer
A new play about the life of Artimesia Gentileschi digs into Renaissance gender politics with mixed results. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
14 March 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Ibsen’s Ghost at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 2 March-14 April
By Cameron Kelsall
Charles Busch returns with a new play that gets lost in its own point of view. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
21 September 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dig at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 2 September-22 October
By Lorin Wertheimer
Theresa Rebeck’s new play, set in a plant shop, leaves our critic green with envy. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
19 December 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Ye Bear & Ye Cubb at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ Through 23rd December 2022
By Nicole Serratore
A comical imagining of an early American play fails to get the audience on board for its idea of fun. Nicole Serratore reviews
11 October 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Peerless at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ September 24-November 6
By Loren Noveck
A pair of twins think they know what their future holds. Jiehae Park’s biting tragicomedy shows how wrong they are. Loren Noveck reviews.
20 January 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Whisper House at 59E59
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 11 January-6 February
By Lane Williamson
Ghostly troubadours haunt a lighthouse during World War II in a new musical from Kyle Jarrow and Duncan Sheik. Lane Williamson reviews.
13 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Commons at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 6th - 23rd February 2020
By Nicole Serratore
A roommate comedy from Lily Akerman too frequently skims the surface. Nicole Serratore reviews
18 January 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: How to Load a Musket at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 11 January - 26 January
By Joey Sims
Talene Monahon’s new play is based on interviews with historical reenactors, but in a moment of political tension, their love of history is called into doubt. Joey Sims 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.