A scathing satire of art in the age of oligarchy. Loren Noveck reviews.
Venues: Polonsky Shakespeare Center
10 April 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Swamp Dwellers at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ March 30-April 20, 2025
By Loren Noveck
A rarely seen early play by Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka feels resonant and relevant today. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 February 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Henry IV at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ January 30– March 2, 2025
By Patrick Maley
Jay O. Sanders is a “resplendent” Falstaff in this combined rendition of Shakespeare’s two Henry IV plays. Patrick Maley reviews.
24 November 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: We Are Your Robots at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ November 7-December 8
By Loren Noveck
Ethan Lipton’s newest chamber musical makes us a little excited about the Singularity. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 April 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Macbeth (an undoing) at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ April 5-May 4, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Writer/director Zinnie Harris cracks open the Scottish play to focus on the women within it. Loren Noveck reviews.
17 December 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Des Moines at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ December 10, 2022-January 1, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Denis Johnson’s play gives us an evening in limbo with an exceptional cast. Loren Noveck reviews.
8 May 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Wedding Band at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ April 28-May 15
By Loren Noveck
Another lost classic by Alice Childress returns to the New York stage with a strong message but a muddy production. Loren Noveck reviews.
8 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Gnit at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ October 30-November 21, 2021
By Ran Xia
“The temerity to see yourself at the center of it all”: Does Will Eno’s newest critique the myth of the hero’s journey, or just give us another example of it? Ran Xia isn’t so sure.
3 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Timon of Athens at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ January 11-February 9
By Ran Xia
This rarely produced Shakespeare play “illuminates the utter divide between the rich and the poor.” Ran Xia reviews.
28 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fefu and Her Friends at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ November 16-December 8
By Loren Noveck
María Irene Fornés’s groundbreaking work of environmental theater still feels radical forty years later. Loren Noveck reviews.