Suzan-Lori Parks updates a beloved Jamaican film for a new musical adaptation. Juliet Hindell reviews.
Venues: Public Theater
9 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Dark Disabled Stories at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ February 28-April 2, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Ryan J. Haddad’s new work is at once an eye-opening look into disability and a radical experiment in accessibility. Loren Noveck reviews.
14 January 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner at Under the Radar
Public Theater ⋄ January 10-January 22, 2023
By Loren Noveck
How do you act out a Tweetstorm? Jasmine Lee-Jones’s Under the Radar show wants to show you. Loren Noveck reviews.
26 May 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fat Ham at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ May 12-July 3, 2022
By Loren Noveck
The quintessence of Hamlet, brilliantly and hilariously distilled into a young Black queer Southern man singing karaoke to Radiohead’s “Creep” at a backyard wedding barbecue. Loren Noveck reviews James Ijames’s Pulitzer Prize winner at the Public Theater.
6 April 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Suffs at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ March 13-May 15, 2022
By Loren Noveck
Shaina Taub’s new musical tells a nuanced and complex history of the fight for women’s suffrage. Loren Noveck reviews.
10 March 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Chinese Lady at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ February 23-April 10, 2022
By Daniel Krane
Lloyd Suh’s comedy exposes the hollow promise at the root of shallow theatrical representation. Daniel Krane reviews.
18 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Cullud Wattah at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ November 2-December 12
By Loren Noveck
Erika Dickerson-Dispenza’s award-winning play won’t let us look away from the tragedy of Flint, Michigan. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 January 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Iran at Under the Radar
online ⋄ January 7-17, 2021
By Loren Noveck
What does it mean to live our lives on the backwards timeline of Instagram? Loren Noveck reviews.
8 January 2021
Reviews
Review: Borders & Crossings at Under the Radar
Public Theater ⋄ 7 January-10 January
By Juan A. Ramirez
An excellent group of poems and dramatic scenes about forced migration wants to break free of its Zoom box. Juan A. Ramirez reviews.
7 January 2021
Reviews
Review: Espíritu at Under the Radar
Public Theater ⋄ 6 January-17 January
By Juan A. Ramirez
Under the Radar presents a “Marxist Lynchian nightmare” from Chilean company Teatro Anónimo that meets the anxieties of our time. Juan A. Ramirez reviews.