Seth Simons finds Matthew Perry’s play “thoroughly average,” to be generous.
Seth Simons
Articles by Seth Simons
23 March 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Steve of Tomorrow at The Collapsable Hole
Through 1st April 2017
By Seth Simons
The future is now, maybe. Seth Simons reviews.
1 March 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Wakey Wakey at Pershing Square Signature Center
The Pershing Square Signature Center ⋄ Through 26th March 2017
By Seth Simons
Feelings, meet thoughts. Seth Simons reviews Will Eno’s newest play.
17 January 2017
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Latin Standards at Public Theater
Public Theater ⋄ 11th - 15th January 2017
By Seth Simons
Seth Simons reviews a touching, lively tribute to Willy Chevalier.
21 December 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley at 59E59 Theatres
59E59 Theaters ⋄ To 1st January 2017
By Seth Simons
Seth Simons reviews a problematic tribute to a problematic midcentury entertainer.
19 October 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Chris Gethard: Career Suicide
Lynn Redgrave Theater ⋄ 5th October -27th November 2016
By Seth Simons
Standup meets storytelling in this darkly funny solo show. Seth Simons reviews.
22 September 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Room 4 at The People’s Improv Theater
The Peoples Improv Theater ⋄
By Seth Simons
Seth Simons enjoys a “loopy” one-act with just the right punch.
14 September 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Sadie Hawkins Day: Love Knows No Bounds
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre ⋄ 14 September 2016
By Seth Simons
Seth Simons finds that improv can do a fair turn at straight-up drama.
27 July 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Pop Up Theatric’s Broken City in Wall Street, NYC
reviewed on 24th July 2016
By Seth Simons
Befuddled narratives: Seth Simons reviews Pop Up Theatric’s performance in New York’s Financial District.
26 June 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Minor Character at the Invisible Dog
The Invisible Dog ⋄ 17th - 25th June 2016
By Seth Simons
“Waterfalls of language”: Seth Simons reviews New Saloon’s experiment with six simultaneous translations of Uncle Vanya.
31 May 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway
Review: Blogologues at The People’s Improv Theater
The Peoples Improv Theater ⋄ 3rd June 2016
By Seth Simons
Seth Simons reviews this found-text variety show that sticks to the “wildly raunchy” of the Internet, in a good way.
10 May 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Reviews
Review: Toast at 59E59 Theaters
59E59 Theaters ⋄ 20th April - 22nd May 2016
By Seth Simons
Where’s the existential hokum? Seth Simons reviews Toast as part of Brits Off Broadway.
5 April 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Reviews
Review: Hamlet10 at the Flamboyán Theater
Flamboyán Theater ⋄ 23rd March - 9th April 2016
By Seth Simons
Seth Simons reviews the New York Shakespeare Exchange’s great Hamlet experiment.
7 March 2016
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway • Reviews
Review: Rap Guide to Climate Chaos at SoHo Playhouse
Soho Playhouse ⋄ 25th February - 24th April 2016
By Seth Simons
A disorienting self-reflexivity, a mirror aimed at another mirror: Seth Simons reviews Baba Brinkman’s show.
20 October 2015
Reviews • Off-Broadway
Cult Model
Laurie Beechman Theater ⋄ 15th - 23rd October 2015
By Seth Simons
From Isis to Beyoncé.