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June 6, 2025

June 4, 2025

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Bowl EP by Nazareth Hassan at the Vineyard Theatre (co-producing with National Black Theater, in association with The New Group) in New York City.

Andrew Martini

May 20, 2025

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Goddess by Saheem Ali and James Ijames starring Amber Iman at the Public Theater in New York City.

Douglas Corzine

May 15, 2025

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of A(U)NTS! by Zoë Geltman at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Joey Sims

May 15, 2025

Senior critic Joey Sims caught the following Off-Broadway and here are his thoughts: IRISHTOWN, I’M ASSUMING YOU KNOW DAVID GREENSPAN, HOLD ME IN THE WATER, FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981, and LOBSTER

Juan A. Ramirez

May 15, 2025

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes by Hannah Moscovitch starring Hugh Jackman and Ella Beatty at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City

Andrew Martini

May 13, 2025

Theatrely's Off-Broadway review of The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse from The New Group, by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley in New York City.

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Kobi Kassal

July 18, 2021

As you descend the stairs into Bond 45’s cellar, you are immediately handed a rather delicious craft cocktail (the first of five) and shown to your seats for an unforgettable evening of burlesque and belting at Speakeasy: Times Square

Nolan Boggess

July 16, 2021

On a deeper note, I Hate It Here from the Goodman Theatre admits that so many horrible things in the world remain unchanged. The show does not suggest things will get better. Yet, if we take a moment to admit how bad things are, maybe we can find some common, solid ground. And that’s a start.

Juan A. Ramirez

July 15, 2021

In E. Dale Smith’s new one-act play Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings), Jackie Hoffman stars as Ariana Russo, an embittered actor playing the ghost Fruma-Sarah in a community theatre production of Fiddler on the Roof.

Kobi Kassal

June 30, 2021

The Importance of Being Earnest, currently playing at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is pretty marvelous. Oscar Wilde’s witty comedic masterpiece begins BTG’s summer season and marks the company’s and this critic’s first indoor theatrical experience in many, many months.

Nathan Pugh

June 29, 2021

Madeline Sayet’s one-woman filmed show Where We Belong, now streaming through Washington D.C.’s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Folger Shakespeare Library. Over the course of 80 minutes, Sayet gracefully explores the places she has tried to reclaim as her own—Shakespeare’s words, her Mohegan identity, her ancestors—and ultimately asks why we need to belong somewhere at all.

Kobi Kassal

June 26, 2021

Directed by BT McNicholl, the hilarious musical comedy is the perfect production to introduce patrons back to in-person performances with Spamalot at Ogunquit Playhouse.

Nolan Boggess

June 24, 2021

"Sloppy Bonnie: A Roadkill Musical for the Modern Chick" is streaming now through July 15 from No Puppet Co.

Noah Pattillo

June 22, 2021

George Street Playhouse's final virtual production knocks it out of the park with Terrence McNally's "It's Only A Play"

Juan A. Ramirez

June 3, 2021

"Persou" is currently running at The Cell Theatre in Chelsea until June 12th.

Juan A. Ramirez

June 3, 2021

Emma Stone and Emma Thompson star in "Cruella" which is currently in theatres and streaming on Disney+.

Jordanna Brody

June 1, 2021

If hiding vegetables in your child’s macaroni and cheese were a musical, it would be The Door You Never Saw Before: A Choosical Musical at the Geffen Playhouse. This interactive musical written by Matt Schatz is the latest offering in the Geffen’s Stayhouse series of performances via Zoom.

Jacob Rivera-Sanchez

May 23, 2021

Jacob Rivera reviews “This American Wife” for Theatrely.

Juan A. Ramirez

May 21, 2021

See what our chief critic thought of IN THE HEIGHTS which hits theaters and HBO Max starting June 11.

Juan A. Ramirez

May 20, 2021

A new filmed adaptation of her 2017 Bushwick Starr “musical seance”, ANIMAL WISDOM is co-produced by the American Conservatory Theater and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

Juan A. Ramirez

May 19, 2021

We sent our chief critic to one of the first indoor performances in the city, see what he thought of "Lilies" - currently playing at The Theatre Center Off-Broadway.

Kaitlyn Riggio

May 4, 2021

“TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever” from SpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston is now running digitally through May 13, 2021.

Juan A. Ramirez

April 16, 2021

Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s play shadow/land, presented as an audio production for the Public Theater, is a tremendous new work. As the first installment of an epic 10-play ‘Katrina cycle,’ it signals the beginning of what promises to be a staggering achievement in theatre which concerns itself with race, ecology, queer feminism, and human displacement.

Jacob Rivera-Sanchez

April 9, 2021

Company One and American Repertory Theater’s virtual production of "Hype Man: a break beat play" similarly asks for the audience to live up to their responsibility and speak up amidst the long-intolerable face of racial injustice.

Juan A. Ramirez

April 8, 2021

Williamstown Theatre Festival ends its season with Audible with a new musical "Row" from Daniel Goldstein and Dawn Landes.

Kaitlyn Riggio

April 8, 2021

Wad, written by Keiko Green, follows the development of a pen pal relationship between Jim, a prisoner on death row, and teenage Nyce, a high schooler. The Ameenah Kaplan-directed virtual world premiere presented by A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle stands out through its handling of timely topics and unique production among the ever-growing landscape of pandemic theatre.

Juan A. Ramirez

April 6, 2021

"Blindness" at the Daryl Roth Theatre is the first indoor theatrical experience available to New Yorkers since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Zack Reiser

April 6, 2021

Who can you rule out? Which one is guilty? And what does it mean for the community of Boyle Heights? Those are the questions Echo Theatre Company forces us to answer in Under the Freeways of Los Angeles.

Juan A. Ramirez

April 5, 2021

Javaad Alipoor's "Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran" is streaming now through April 18 from Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

Lara McCallister

April 2, 2021

Last seen on Broadway in 2002, "Amour" is now back in a virtual format.

Juan A. Ramirez

April 2, 2021

Once again, Williamstown flaunts an astute ear for material that lends itself beautifully to audio adaptation in partnership with Audible for "Wish You Were Here".

Jacob Rivera-Sanchez

April 2, 2021

Emblematic of the blood sport from which the play was inspired, Studio Theatre’s streaming production of Cock exposes the rawness and vulnerability of the self-sparring human spirit.

Juan A. Ramirez

March 24, 2021

Dominique Morriseau’s "Paradise Blue", directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson is now available on Audible, from Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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