Joey Sims looks for light in the face of horror in Sea Wall/A Life.
Venues: Public Theater
11 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Minor Character at Under the Radar Festival
Public Theater ⋄ January 4-13
By Loren Noveck
Six translations of Uncle Vanya at the same time. Absurdism ensues. Loren Noveck reviews.
7 January 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein at Under the Radar Festival
Public Theater ⋄ January 3-12
By Loren Noveck
Sheer magic with shadows: Loren Noveck reviews Manual Cinema’s latest genre-bender.
15 November 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Wild Goose Dreams at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ October 30-December 16
By Loren Noveck
An ambitious, complex, at times unwieldy play that dramatizes the relationship between humans and the digital sphere as much as the relationships among its characters. Loren Noveck reviews.
18 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Mother of the Maid at Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 25th September - 23rd December 2018
By Alicia Kort
Glenn Close moves the audience to the heavens in this new play from Jane Anderson. Alicia Kort reviews.
2 October 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Girl from the North Country at the Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 11 September-23 December
By Lane Williamson
Conor McPherson employs Bob Dylan songs to thrilling effect in a new Depression-era musical. Lane Williamson reviews.
17 July 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Fire in Dreamland at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ To 5th August 2018
By Loren Noveck
A conventional plot mires a post-Sandy Coney Island tale in Rinne Groff’s new play. Loren Noveck reviews.
22 June 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Teenage Dick at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 20th June - 15th July 2018
By Cameron Kelsall
Cameron Kelsall reviews Ma-Yi Theater’s subversive transposition of Richard III to a contemporary American high school.
2 May 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Henry V at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 23rd April - 13th May 2018
By Alicia Kort
Alicia Kort reviews the Mobile Unit’s newest production.
17 April 2018
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Mlima’s Tale at The Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ To 20th May 2018
By Patrick Maley
Lynn Nottage anthropomorphizes a mighty elephant and the ivory trade that felled it. Patrick Maley reviews.