Jordan Harrison’s 2014 play may feel eerily prescient about the rise of AI, but uses technology to explore profounder themes. Carol Rocamora reviews.
Venues: Helen Hayes Theater
22 March 2025
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Purpose at the Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ February 25, 2025-open-ended
By Loren Noveck
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins tackles the Great American Play. Loren Noveck reviews.
12 December 2024
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Cult of Love at Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ November 20, 2024-February 2, 2025
By Loren Noveck
A trip through a minefield of family dysfunction. Loren Noveck reviews.
4 May 2024
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Mother Play at the Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ April 3-June 16, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Jessica Lange anchors Paula Vogel’s new work, which works as both an act of forgiveness and an exorcism. Loren Noveck reviews.
3 February 2024
Reviews • Broadway
Review: Appropriate at the Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ November 29, 2023-March 3, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck muses on the different meanings of “appropriate” and economic precariousness in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Broadway debut.
24 July 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Cottage at the Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ 7 July-29 October
By Cameron Kelsall
There’s little mirth to be found in Sandy Rustin’s new comedy in the manner of an old style. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
1 May 2023
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Thanksgiving Play at the Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ March 25-June 11, 2023
By Loren Noveck
A culturally sensitive Thanksgiving Play for “post-post-racial America” goes horrifyingly awry in Larissa FastHorse’s comedy. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 February 2020
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Grand Horizons at Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ 23rd December 2019 - 1st March 2020
By Juliet Hindell
Bess Wohl’s new play offers laughter and wry commentary on how we treat our elders but some unexpected tone shifts too. Juliet Hindell reviews.
30 July 2018
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Straight White Men at Helen Hayes Theater
Helen Hayes Theater ⋄ Through 9th September 2018
By Patrick Maley
A sympathetic portrait of straight white men ends up one-note. Patrick Maley reviews.