An onslaught of digital trickery steals the show in a new Broadway musical about the Romanov princess.
Nicole Serratore

Articles by Nicole Serratore
5 April 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: American Mill No. 2 at ART/New York Theatres
ART/New York ⋄ 30th March - 9th April 2017
By Nicole Serratore
Docudrama about mill worker/activist Ella May Wiggins gives a glimpse into labor history
20 March 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Omega Kids at Access Theater
Access Theater ⋄ 2nd - 25th March 2017
By Nicole Serratore
Bleary-eyed, late night conversation of comics, sexuality, and connection in Noah Mease’s Omega Kids. Nicole Serratore reviews.
14 March 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: HOME/SICK at Jack
JACK ⋄ 9th - 25th March 2017
By Nicole Serratore
The Assembly looks back on 1960’s protest and action in HOME/SICK.
10 March 2017
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Glass Menagerie at the Belasco Theatre
Belasco Theatre ⋄ 7th February 2017 - 2nd July 2017
By Nicole Serratore
Nicole Serratore reviews Sam Gold’s bold reimaging of the Tennessee Williams’ classic
1 March 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Linda at Manhattan Theatre Club
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 7th February - 2nd April
By Nicole Serratore
Penelope Skinner subverts expectations about women, competition, and aging in her new play.
21 February 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Riot Antigone at La Mama
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club ⋄ 10th - 19th February 2017
By Nicole Serratore
A riot grrl musical take on Antigone channels her rage into action. Nicole Serratore reviews.
16 February 2017
Features
A Battle for Contextual Criticism
By Nicole Serratore
A New York Times review sparked fury for critiquing Mark Twain’s racial politics. Here, Nicole Serratore steps into the critical dispute over Big River and representation in theatre.
11 December 2016
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: Dear Evan Hansen at Music Box Theatre
Music Box Theatre ⋄ 14th November 2016 to 2nd July 2017
By Nicole Serratore
Dear Evan Hansen, a new musical by Pasek & Paul, speaking to the invisible teen in all of us.
6 December 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Alligator at New Georges
ART/New York ⋄ 27th November - 18th December
By Nicole Serratore
New play, Alligator, by Hilary Bettis tries to get into the muck of human relationships
5 November 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Vietgone at MTC
New York City Center - Stage I ⋄ 4th October - 27th November
By Nicole Serratore
Playwright Qui Nguyen merges a comic book aesthetic with his parents’ romance in a refugee camp
30 September 2016
Reviews • Broadway • NYC
Review: The Encounter at the Golden Theatre
Golden Theatre ⋄ 20th Sept - 8th January 2017
By Nicole Serratore
Simon McBurney provides an aural rollercoaster and intellectual whiplash with The Encounter
26 September 2016
Features
Acting and Disability: A Transatlantic Dialogue
By Nicole Serratore
“Don’t give me place on the panel. Give me a fucking job.” Mat Fraser and Gregg Mozgala discuss the frustrations of working as a disabled performer, a gamechanging decision from the BBC, and why we need more disabled writers.
20 September 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: A Taste of Honey at the Pearl Theatre
Pearl Theatre ⋄ 6th September - 30th October 2016
By Nicole Serratore
Nicole Serratore reviews a rare revival of A Taste of Honey which “offers an opportunity for the voices of these complicated women in messy relationships to, at long last, be heard.”
30 August 2016
Reviews • Edinburgh • National • Reviews
Review: Anything That Gives Off Light at EICC
EICC ⋄ 16 - 26 August 2016
By Nicole Serratore
Finding your place when the place changes shape: New Yorker Nicole Serratore reviews an exploration of national identity at the Edinburgh International Festival.