An encore run of Liza Birkenmeier’s play gives you a chance to catch up with her hilarious characters fumbling through life and loss. Nicole Serratore reviews.
Venues: Public Theater
27 February 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Ally at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ February 15-March 24
By Loren Noveck
A clash of eloquent viewpoints grapples with the struggle for moral certainty in a world where everyone’s experience reveals uncomfortable truths. Loren Noveck reviews.
9 December 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Manahatta at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ November 15-December 23, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Mary Kathryn Nagle’s new play gets bogged down in its expository details. Loren Noveck reviews.
4 May 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: shadow/land at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ April 20-May 28, 2023
By Loren Noveck
Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s Katrina Cycle kicks off with a gorgeous production at the Public. Loren Noveck reviews.
15 March 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Harder They Come at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 16 Feb-9 April
By Juliet Hindell
Suzan-Lori Parks updates a beloved Jamaican film for a new musical adaptation. Juliet Hindell reviews.
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.