This deliriously silly new musical is also a sharp political satire. Lane Williamson reviews.
Venues: New York City Center - Stage I
5 November 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Queens at New York City Center
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ October 15-November 30, 2025
By Loren Noveck
Martyna Majok’s play about immigrant women sits uneasily with the politics of this moment. Loren Noveck reviews.
25 August 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Ava: The Secret Conversations at New York City Center – Stage I
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 30 July-14 September
By Juliet Hindell
Elizabeth McGovern adapts and stars in a retelling of Ava Gardner’s life – with all its secrets. Juliet Hindell reviews.
9 March 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dakar 2000 at City Center Stage 1
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ February 4-March 23, 2025
By Loren Noveck
This tight espionage two-hander suffers by comparison to the actual state of the world. Loren Noveck reviews.
16 October 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Vladimir at New York City Center Stage I
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 24 September-10 November
By Lorin Wertheimer
A new play about a journalist in Putin’s Russia creates an unsteady mix of fact and fiction. Lorin Wertheimer reviews.
26 March 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Brooklyn Laundry at MTC NY City Center
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 6th February to 14th April 2024
By Nicole Serratore
Life is all out of chicken in this troubling new play served up by John Patrick Shanley. Nicole Serratore reviews.
16 May 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: King James at New York City Center Stage I
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 2 May-18 June
By Cameron Kelsall
Rajiv Joseph dribbles a new play about the friendship between two straight men and their love of basketball. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
1 February 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Prayer for the French Republic at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ January 13- February 27, 2022
By Juliet Hindell
Joshua Harmon’s new play is poignant and passionate, though perhaps more than making its point. Juliet Hindell reviews.
23 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Morning Sun at New York City Center – Stage I
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 12 October - 19 December
By Lane Williamson
Simon Stephens’ new play focuses on the ordinary life of one woman in Greenwich Village, but what makes the ordinary worth depicting on stage? Lane Williamson reviews.
4 March 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Perplexed at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ February 11-March 29
By Juan A. Ramirez
Juan Ramirez finds no joy in this “lifeless production” of Richard Greenberg’s new play, with a “dire lack of dramatic tension.”









