What Do the Critics Think of Anna Christie at St. Ann's Warehouse? | Playbill

The Verdict What Do the Critics Think of Anna Christie at St. Ann's Warehouse?

Michelle Williams, Mare Winningham, Brian d'Arcy James, Tom Sturridge, and more co-star in the Thomas Kail-helmed revival.

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The reviews are rolling in for the Off-Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie at St. Ann's Warehouse, which officially opened December 11 after beginning performances November 25. The run is set to continue through February 1, 2026. Thomas Kail (Hamilton) is at the helm.

Golden Globe winner Michelle Williams stars in the title role, opposite Mare Winningham as Marthy Owen, Brian d'Arcy James as Chris Christopherson, Tom Sturridge as Mat Burke, Joe Carroll as Larry, Anthony Chatmon II as Postman, Timothy Hughes as Johnny, and Noah Plomgren and Jordan Barbour in the ensemble.

Read the reviews here.

1 Minute Critic (Matthew Wexler)

amNY (Matt Windman)

Culture Sauce (Thom Geier)

Daily Beast (Tim Teeman)

Exeunt (Lane Williamson)

The Front Row Center (Tulis McCall)

The Guardian (Richard Lawson)

Los Angeles Times (Charles McNulty)

The New Yorker (Helen Shaw)*

New York Notebook (Sandy MacDonald)

New York Stage Review (Melissa Rose Bernardo, Frank Scheck)

New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)

New York Theatre Guide (Allison Considine)

The New York Times (Laura Collins-Hughes)*

New York Stage Review (Melissa Rose Bernardo, Frank Scheck)

New York Theater (Jonathan Mandell)

Observer (David Cote)

TheaterMania (David Gordon)

The Wall Street Journal (Charles Isherwood)*

The Wrap (Robert Hofler)*

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Playbill will continue to update this list as reviews come in

Originally premiering in 1921, Anna Christie follows a former prostitute trying to turn her life around. The work won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1922, and has been revived on Broadway three times, in 1952, 1977, and 1993.

The production features movement and fight choreography by Steven Hoggett (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), scenic design by Christine Jones (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and Brett J. Banakis, costume design by Paul Tazewell (Hamilton), lighting design by Natasha Katz (Sweeney Todd), and music by Nicholas Britell (Succession).

Tickets are at StAnnsWarehouse.org. The revival will be dark December 22, 2025-January 5, 2026.

See new production photos in the gallery below.

Anna Christie at St. Ann's Warehouse

 
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