Reviews Sum Up The Adding Machine Off-Broadway

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jennifer Tilly, Sarita Choudhury, and Michael Cyril Creighton lead the cast of the New Group revival.

April 15, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block, Gabby Macogay

Jennifer Tilly and Daphne Rubin-Vega in *The Adding Machine* (Monique Carboni)

The reviews are in for the Off-Broadway revival of The Adding Machine, which opened April 14 at Theater at St. Clement's via The New Group. See what critics have to say about the show, performing through May 17, below.

Written by Elmer L. Rice, The Adding Machine follows the lives of Mr. Zero (Daphne Rubin-Vega), a worker who goes on a violent and existential journey to grapple with the fact that his boss has replaced him with a machine. This production is directed by Scott Elliott with revisions by Thomas Bradshaw.

In addition to Rubin-Vega, the cast includes Jennifer Tilly as Mrs. Zero, Sarita Choudhury as Daisy, and Michael Cyril Creighton as Everyone Else.

Read the reviews below.

Another Eye Opens (Don Shewey)

Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)

DC Theater Arts (Deb Miller)

Front Mezz Junkies (Ross)

New York Notebook (Sandy MacDonald)

New York Stage Review (Michael Sommers)

New York Sun (Elysa Gardner)*

New York Theatre Guide (Christian Lewis)

The Recs (Randall David Cook)

Slant (Mike Dressel)

Stage and Cinema (Gregory Fletcher)

Talkin' Broadway (Howard Miller)

TheaterMania (Zachary Stewart)

Theater Scene (Darryl Reilly)

TimeOut NY (Raven Snook)

The Wrap (Robert Hofler)*

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in.

Scenic design is by Derek McLane with costume design by Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Jeff Croiter, sound design by Stan Mathabane, and wig design by Tom Watson. The production stage manager is Valerie A. Peterson, and the production supervisor is Five OHM.

More information and streaming tickets can be found on The New Group website.