With a thumping heartbeat, Claus Guth’s production of Schubert’s Swan Song portrays a soldier’s journey towards death. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Venues: Park Avenue Armory
20 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Doctor at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 3 June-19 August
By Lane Williamson
Robert Icke and Juliet Stevenson elevate a medical procedural while examining identity politics. Lane Williamson reviews.
2 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: LOVE at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 25 Feb-25 March
By Lane Williamson
Alexander Zeldin’s play, a slice-of-life in a temporary housing facility, makes its U.S. debut in a quietly stirring production. Lane Williamson reviews.
9 August 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Oresteia and Hamlet at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 10 June-13 August
By Lane Williamson
Writer/Director Robert Icke returns to the Armory with two productions from the Almeida Theatre presented in repertory, to disparate results. Lane Williamson reviews.
26 December 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Judgment Day at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 5 December - 10 January
By Lane Williamson
Park Avenue Armory presents a commissioned work from Richard Jones, director of 2017’s smash production of “The Hairy Ape”, but the equation of that success doesn’t add up here. Lane Williamson reviews.
27 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Antigone at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ September 25-October 6
By Maya Phillips
Japan’s Shizuoka Performing Arts Center translates a Greek classic with “cinematic beauty” and stunning visuals. Maya Phillips reviews.
31 March 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Lehman Trilogy at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ March 22 - April 20
By Lane Williamson
Despite an elegant design and phenomenal acting, this play about Lehman Brothers Holdings focuses on the bankers and ignores the common man. Lane Williamson reviews.
9 December 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Head and the Load at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ December 4-15
By Juliet Hindell
A “living sculpture” that pays tribute to the forgotten African heroes of the Great War. Juliet Hindell reviews.
10 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Six Brandenburg Concertos at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 1 Oct - 7 Oct
By Lane Williamson
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker plunges deep into Bach’s music in an inventive evening of modern dance. Lane Williamson reviews.
29 July 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Damned at Park Avenue Armory
Park Avenue Armory ⋄ 17th - 28th July 2018
By Molly Grogan
Ivo van Hove directs the Comédie Française in an adaptation of the Luchino Visconti film. Molly Grogan reviews.