Talene Monahon’s new play, expertly directed by David Cromer, mixes big philosophical questions with nuanced character portraits. Loren Noveck reviews.
Venues: Pershing Square Signature Center
25 October 2025
Reviews
Review: Oratorio for Living Things at Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ September 30-November 16, 2025
By Loren Noveck
An indescribably strange and beautiful musical meditation on time. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 June 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Lunar Eclipse at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ May 14 – June 22, 2025
By Carol Rocamora
A memorable, moving portrait of marriage pays homage to an American classic. Carol Rocamora reviews.
8 June 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Eurydice at Signature Theatre Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ May 13-June 27, 2025
By Carol Rocamora
Carol Rocamora finds this revival of Sarah Ruhl’s take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice “luminous and revelatory.”
23 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Babe at Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ October 29-December 22
By Loren Noveck
A generational clash that doesn’t fully come to life. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 August 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: someone spectacular at The Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄
By Nicole Serratore
In this new play on grief, the characters more like concepts. Nicole Serratore reviews.
18 May 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Fears at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ April 25-July 9, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Emma Sheanshang’s new play feels like it was created by an algorithm; there’s nothing at its core. Loren Noveck reviews.
13 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fires in the Mirror at Signature Theatre
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ 22 October-15 December
By Maya Phillips
Anna Deveare Smith was one of the creators of verbatim theater. Maya Phillips finds the fire of her 1992 play still intact in this revival performed by Michael Benjamin Washington.
29 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Happy Talk at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ April 30-June 16
By Lane Williamson
Jesse Eisenberg’s new play features a curiously flat performance from Susan Sarandon as a community theatre star. Lane Williamson reviews.
20 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Octet at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ April 30-June 23
By Caroline Cao
Dave Malloy’s new chamber musical features an a cappella group of internet addicts excavating their relationships with the World Wide Web. Caroline Cao reviews.