Off-Broadway Review: KENREX (Lucille Lortel)
A COMMUNITY PUSHED PAST THE LAW An electrifying solo tour de force that turns a town’s nightmare into gripping theater. The largest Off-Broadway cast this season—over a dozen roles—may…
A COMMUNITY PUSHED PAST THE LAW An electrifying solo tour de force that turns a town’s nightmare into gripping theater. The largest Off-Broadway cast this season—over a dozen roles—may…
A social satire where everyone is implicated. Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: The Balusters at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.
LOVE, LIES, AND LETHAL CHARM Gina Gionfriddo's comedy of dysfunction refuses easy labels"and lands every blow "Rom-com?" No. "Meet-cute"? Far from it. Sitting through Becky Shaw at the Helen…
DIRECTORS TAKE CENTER STAGE Bold vision and theatrical daring define a revelatory London season Directorial daring dominates the London stages this spring season, providing some of the most …
From clown to hero: Carol Rocamora reviews this new play based on a remarkable true story The post Review: Marcel on the Train appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.
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. The post Review: Mother Russia at Signature Theatre …
There could have been a better time to bring back Bug, Tracy Letts's disturbing drama about paranoia and its devastating consequences. We have enough to be paranoid about these days, don't y…
ANNA CHRISTIE RIDES THE TIDE AGAIN An early O'Neill, boldly staged, swept me into a fog-shrouded world of fate, forgiveness, and hard-won grace. "A rich and salty play," wrote one critic of …
Jordan Harrison's 2014 play may feel eerily prescient about the rise of AI, but uses technology to explore profounder themes. Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: Marjorie Prime at the H…
WHEN SUPERPOWERS SING Broadway's new revival of Chess thrills more than it confounds ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ "Welcome to our Cold War Musical!" …
Two strangers meet cute but their story is no rom-com--and all the more enchanting for it. Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Longac…
THE SANDWICHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD A wickedly funny historical fantasia delights even as it stares catastrophe in the face Roundabout Theatre Company's Archduke, which opened last night a…
A unique theatrical experience that blends docudrama and immersive theater to dramatize the stakes of climate change. Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: Kyoto at Lincoln Center Theater…
A play about art that's also a play about male friendship. Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: Art at Music Box Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.
THE DREAM REBORN: RAGTIME AWAKENS THE AMERICAN SOUL A momentous musical about American history, a momentous production in Lincoln Center Theater history, Ragtime, which opened last night, is…
When Time Becomes Music: Heather Christian's Oratorio for Living Things Transcends the Human Scale When the live performance of an artistic work is greater in vision and scope than anything …
Carol Rocamora finds Jonathan Spector's new play dizzyingly complex but extremely rewarding. The post Review: This Much I Know at 59E59 appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.
Chasing the American Dream: Carol Rocamora reviews John Leguizamo's new play. The post Review: The Other Americans at the Public Theater appeared first on Exeunt Magazine NYC.
A memorable, moving portrait of marriage pays homage to an American classic. Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: Lunar Eclipse at the Pershing Square Signature Center appeared first on …
Carol Rocamora finds this revival of Sarah Ruhl's take on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice "luminous and revelatory." The post Review: Eurydice at Signature Theatre Center appeared first on …
THE BACCHAE WEAR BRIDAL You remember the Bacchae " don't you ? "Â those wild women of Thebes in Euripides's ancient drama who, transformed by Dionysus, terrorized Pentheus's kingdom with …
Benedict Andrews finds the comedy in Chekhov's final play, but does he lose Chekhov? Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: The Cherry Orchard at St. Ann's Warehouse appeared first on Exeu…
GEORGE CLOONEY'S SENSE OF DECENCY Where are our heroes when we need them?! It takes a Hollywood actor to give us one in these traumatic times. Trouble is, that hero comes from the 1950s. Geo…
The epiphany of this Mamet revival is how relevant its look at American business still is. Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: Glengarry Glen Ross at the Palace Theatre appeared first o…
A worthy revival of an Alice Childress play looks at the definition of Black womanhood. Carol Rocamora reviews. The post Review: Wine in the Wilderness at Classic Stage Company appeared firs…