Joe Lombardi

BWW Review: THE WETSUITMAN at The Cherry Artists' Collective

March 28, 2022

An old white man is walking his dog along the coast in Norway.

BWW Review: SOMETIME CHILD: A RECLAMATION AND A REDEMPTION at Theater For The New City

March 18, 2022

On one side of the stage there is a tony law office with its desks, books and golf clubs.

BWW Review: Defeat the Chauvinist Monster in BLACK FEMINIST VIDEO GAME streaming online

May 1, 2021

A mixture of Zoom live action, audience interaction and an old school video game, Darrel Alejandro Holnes' Black Feminist Video Game is overfilled with levels.

BWW Review: Claustrophobic angst in the outstanding FRANZ KAFKA'S LETTER TO MY FATHER at M-34

March 4, 2021

At some point during the outstanding live stream performance of Franz Kafka's Letter To My Father, yet another reference began swirling in my mind.

BWW Review: A satisfyingly eerie FAR AWAY at PTP/NYC

October 17, 2020

A good creepy play can get under the viewer’s skin.

BWW Review: An intoxicating VOYEUR: THE WINDOWS OF TOULOUSE-LATREC by Bated Breath Theatre Company

October 10, 2020

An audience of eight checks in outside The Duplex in Greenwich Village.

BWW Review: Timely sarcasm drips darkly in DON'T EXAGGERATE (DESIRE AND ABUSE) from PTP/NYC

October 3, 2020

PTP/NYC is known for producing politically aware plays.

BWW Review: A Fantastic and Profound ZERO COST HOUSE by Pig Iron Theatre

September 23, 2020

Sometimes you just have to let a play wash over you.

BWW Review: An uncannily timed original show featuring a very bored accountant is MONOTONY: THE MUSICAL available on Podcast

March 25, 2020

Avid theatergoers who are sequestered at home may find themselves bored.

BWW Review: Very Funny Jamaican Situation Comedy TWO CAN PLAY is Revived by the New Federal Theatre

March 10, 2020

BWW Review: Mean Girls and Societal Injustices Torment a Young Woman's BIRTHDAY IN THE BRONX at The Tank

February 21, 2020

Raquel has a rough life.

BWW Review: A Wildly Conceived Climate Change Comedy REALLY REALLY GORGEOUS at The Tank

February 2, 2020

BWW Review: Demons Come to Collect in the Very Funny SOUL SURVIVOR from Hiraeth Theatre Company

January 19, 2020

Lisa (Anna Stefanic) opens the door to her home and switches on the light.

BWW Review: Masculine Stereotypes Skewered with Humor in CEZARY GOES TO WAR at La Mama

January 17, 2020

Cezary Tomaszewski has created a 'musically-driven queer fantasia' exposing the dangers of masculinity, nationalism and the culture of war.

BWW Review: Contemporary Dance Theater Spins a Bleak View of Humanity in THE UNKNOWN DANCER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD at the Japan Society

January 11, 2020

Glimmers of hopefulness can be found in this unique theatrical event.

BWW Review: A Palestinian Dreamer Builds a Rocket to Land on the Moon in GREY ROCK at The Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival

January 9, 2020

Imagine a world where the Palestinian flag is planted on the moon.

BWW Review: A Cleverly Shaded Exploration of Life's Paths in OR, AN ASTRONAUT PLAY at The Tank

January 7, 2020

Or is a conjunction used to link alternatives.

BWW Review: Gun Violence Abounds in the Experimental Digital Puppetry Show FEAR IN THE WESTERN WORLD at Target Margin Theater

January 5, 2020

Gun violence is the focus in the wildly experimental digital puppetry show, Fear in the Western World.

BWW Review: Traditional Marionettes Update the Scrooge Story in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, OY! HANUKKAH, MERRY KWANZAA, HAPPY RAMADAN at Theater For The New City

December 21, 2019

If you've seen Drunk History on television you will understand the vibe of this show.

BWW Review: David Bowie Catalog Interpreted In The Musically Gorgeous WHERE ARE WE NOW at La MaMa

December 15, 2019

Fans of David Bowie's music - and especially his lyrics - should immediately stop reading this review and book tickets to see the very limited run of Where Are We Now.