“A defiant affirmation of life lies at the heart of this bold production…This polished, assured and charming company reminded me how much the pleasure of theater comes not just from the risk of live performance but also from its triumph…
“There is something very powerful in the encounter, even in the friction, between Shakespeare and the actors’ lives. It was not about replacing their stories with Shakespeare, but about creating a space where their experiences and Shakespeare’s questions could meet…
“Theatre for a New Audience’s new Artistic Director Arin Arbus imports Teatro La Plaza’s boundary-smashing Hamlet to Brooklyn after celebrated runs around the globe. Conceived and directed by Peruvian director Chela De Ferrari, the show interweaves the poetry of the Bard’s play…
★★★★ “A blend of the contemporary and the classical…Ash K. Tata keeps the action clear and active… The performances are always crystalline…Shakespeare charts a clear rise and fall for his doomed protagonist, and McKinley Belcher III surfs those waves exuberantly…As…
“An arrogant Roman military hero, beloved by the aristocracy and despised by regular people, is banished from the city and turns furiously against it in this Shakespeare play. With McKinley Belcher III in the title role and Roslyn Ruff as…
“Ash K. Tata’s production brings Shakespeare’s tragedy of political unrest into a moment ‘just after now.’” “The cast will be led by McKinley Belcher III as Coriolanus, Mickey Sumner as Aufidius—reimagined as a woman in this production—and Roslyn Ruff as…
“In 2026, our theatre-makers look at politics, if obliquely: Shakespeare’s coup-adjacent drama ‘The Tragedy of Coriolanus’ may feel disturbingly relevant (Polonsky Shakespeare Center; Feb. 1).” —Helen Shaw, The New Yorker Theatre for a New Audience presents William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Coriolanus…
“The Merchant of Venice, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, January. Set in the near future, Arin Arbus’s production of The Merchant of Venice from the Theatre for a New Audience in New York plays out on an austere and anonymous flight of grey…
“The play is an absolute barn burner. Weird and ferocious, very funny and brutally tragic, somehow both sardonic and mysterious, melodramatic yet deeply moving. It’s a thrill to see The Wild Duck spread its wings.” —Sara Holdren, New York Magazine Read…
The Wild Duck leads The New York Times‘ list of “13 Off Broadway Shows to See in September.” Elisabeth Vincentelli writes: “Henrik Ibsen’s searing dissections of bourgeois hypocrisies appear to be in sync with our angry times.” Read more from…