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.
Venues: Laura Pels Theatre
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.
21 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Apologia at Roundabout Theatre Company
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ September 27 – December 16
By Cameron Kelsall
Retrograde gender politics reduce a woman’s life choices to “Heads, you lose; tails, you’re a bitch” in the dated Apologia. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
29 October 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Last Match at Laura Pels Theatre
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 28 September to 23 December 2017
By Nicole Serratore
Anna Ziegler explores the internal turmoil of tennis players on court and off in The Last Match. Nicole Serratore reviews.
30 October 2015
Reviews • Off-Broadway
The Humans
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ Until 3rd January 2016
By Tom Wicker
The bleed between place and person.
6 March 2013
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Talley's Folly
Laura Pels Theatre ⋄ 8th February - 5th May 2013
By Juliet Hindell
Gloriously romantic.