Lorin Wertheimer finds Rajiv Joseph’s new play about confused young men stumbling into history both funny and tragic.
Venues: Laura Pels Theatre
28 February 2025
Reviews
Review: Liberation at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ January 31-March 30, 2025
By Loren Noveck
An intricately layered memory play that’s more complicated than it seems. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Counter at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 20 September-17 November
By Lorin Wertheimer
Meghan Kennedy’s new play connects two lonely souls over a cup of diner coffee. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
13 October 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Refuge Plays at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 16 September-12 November
By Lorin Wertheimer
Lorin Wertheimer wonders how far a safe space extends in Nathan Alan Davis’ epic three-part play.
25 May 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Primary Trust at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ May 4-July 2, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Loren Noveck feels like hope is hard to come by right now, and Eboni Booth’s new play succeeds in bringing us just a little.
16 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Wanderers at the Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 26 January-2 April
By Cameron Kelsall
Anna Ziegler’s novelistic new work about writers, their parents, and Katie Holmes playing an actress meanders through tedium. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
18 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: 72 Miles to Go…at Roundabout Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ Suspended through April 12
By Joey Sims
Hilary Bettis’s new play works best when it trusts its smallness. Joey Sims reviews.
23 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Scotland, PA at Roundabout Theatre Company
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ September 14-December 8, 2019
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall thought he’d seen it all when it came to Macbeth. But then this clever, tuneful musical adaptation that transports Birnam Wood to a 1970s fast-food joint snuck in through the drive-thru window.
21 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Toni Stone at Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ Through 11th August 2019
By Nicole Serratore
April Matthis gives a passionate performance as a historic baseball player and a woman out of time in Lydia Diamond’s play. Nicole Serratore reviews.
28 February 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Merrily We Roll Along at Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ Through 7th April 2019
By Curtis Russell
Yet another attempt to fix Merrily when it would have been better served by embracing its weirdness and flaws. Curtis Russell reviews.