Carol Rocamora finds Lauren Yee’s latest to be the funniest new play in New York this season–as well as the most politically insightful.
Venues: Signature Theatre
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.
24 February 2025
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Grangeville at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ Feb 4-March 23
By Lane Williamson
Two brothers across an ocean and a personal divide are forced to reconnect in a new play by Samuel D. Hunter. But should they? Lane Williamson reviews.
20 May 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Three Houses at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ April 30-June 9, 2024
By Loren Noveck
Dave Malloy’s new chamber musical looks at how we felt when the world broke, with rawness and compassion. Loren Noveck reviews.
21 April 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Orlando at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ April 2-May 12
By Loren Noveck
Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel feels timely in Will Davis’s revival. Loren Noveck reviews.
20 February 2024
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Sunset Baby at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ 30 Jan-10 March
By Patrick Maley
A new Dominique Morisseau play leaves Detroit behind to its detriment, but picks up some excellent performances.
5 June 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Comeuppance at Signature Theatre Center
Signature Theatre ⋄ May 17-June 25
By Loren Noveck
Death is the uninvited guest at a pre-reunion pre-game party in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new play, expertly directed by Eric Ting. Loren Noveck reviews.
21 February 2023
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Bright New Boise at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ 31 January-12 March
By Lane Williamson
A revival of Samuel D. Hunter’s 2010 play feels like a relic from playwriting past, but even a dated Hunter play is worthwhile. Lane Williamson reviews.
6 November 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: My Broken Language at Signature at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Signature Theatre ⋄ October 18-November 27
By Loren Noveck
Quiara Alegría Hudes’s adaptation of her memoir is more of an unusually creative literary reading than a play. Loren Noveck reviews.
11 April 2022
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Confederates at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ 8 March-17 April
By Patrick Maley
Dominique Morisseau “leaves the confines of realism…and offers a challenging new paradigm” in the second play of her Signature residency. Patrick Maley reviews.