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.
Venues: Signature Theatre
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 AlegrÃa 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.
25 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Cambodian Rock Band at Signature Theatre Center
Signature Theatre ⋄ 4 February-15 March, 2020
By Alison Walls
The music is bangin’, but Lauren Yee’s script and Chay Yew’s direction never quite free themselves from the obvious. Alison Walls notes a lot of missed opportunities to be daring.
25 November 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: The Young Man from Atlanta at Signature Theatre
Signature Theatre ⋄ November 5 - December 15, 2019
By Cameron Kelsall
In an otherwise “formulaic family tragedy,” a standout performance by Pat Bowie raises the stakes. Cameron Kelsall reviews.