Off-Broadway Review

NY Review: 'Old Jews Telling Jokes'

This slight revue of Borscht Belt gags, featuring comic veterans Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, and Lenny Wolpe, is like spending time with a favorite uncle.

'The Other Josh Cohen' Is a Hilarious and Smart New Musical

David Rossmer and Steve Rosen’s new musical “The Other Josh Cohen,” at SoHo Playhouse, is “Seinfeld” meets Rodgers and Hart as directed by Woody Allen—a superlative laugh fest.

Heart-Stopping 'Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto' Analyzes a Martyr

“Shaheed: The Dream and Death of Benazir Bhutto,” writer-performer Anna Khaja’s engrossing solo show at Culture Project, examines the Pakistani prime minister’s assassination.

'Carousel' Too Cute in Concert by the NY Philharmonic

The New York Philharmonic’s staged concert of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s “Carousel,” starring Nathan Gunn, Stephanie Blythe, and Kelli O’Hara, values music over drama.

In 'A Celebration of Harold Pinter,' Julian Sands Is Warm, Witty, and Winning

Julian Sands’ “A Celebration of Harold Pinter,” now at the Irish Rep in a production directed by John Malkovich, winningly remembers the human side of the Nobel Prize–winning author.

'Zelda at the Oasis' Comes Up Dry

Despite tour de force work from Gardner Reed and Edwin Cahill, P.H. Lin’s “Zelda at the Oasis,” a two-hander about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s bipolar wife, doesn’t jell or persuade.

‘Ingenious Nature’ Is Too Scientific

In “Ingenious Nature,” at SoHo Playhouse, theatrical MC Baba Brinkman takes a too-scientific look at sex and love, and the result comes across as entirely bitter and one-sided.

Amateurish Musical 'Kikki & Grandpa & Baby' Is a Mess

With its shoddy script, floundering cast, and odd blend of banal ballads, jazz, and Japanese tunes, Okada Productions’ “Kikki & Grandpa & Baby” is a perplexing, unaffecting shambles.

'Totally Tubular Time Machine' Scores High on the Fun Index

“Totally Tubular Time Machine,” at Culture Club, is an interactive theatrical experience in a real nightclub that’s part musical revue, part homage to popular music, and all party.

‘Water by the Spoonful’ Is Warm and Generous but Unsurprising

Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Pulitzer-winning “Water by the Spoonful,” at Second Stage Theatre, is an admirable but flawed attempt to engage important issues of addiction and redemption.