Ujima is an independent New York theatre journal — honest criticism, coverage of the season and the houses, the working scene, and essays on the voices the stage too often leaves offstage. The name is our masthead and our ethos: Ujima, collective work and responsibility — theatre as a community, covered by and for its community.
We cover Broadway, and especially the Off- and Off-Off rooms where the form lives closest to the bone. We weigh the work with a bespoke verdict — a tier, never a consumer star — and we try to earn every judgment with evidence, fairness, and a point of view.
We are independent. Ujima reuses the name only as the journal’s masthead and is not affiliated with any theatre, company or venue. We cover the scene; we do not produce it, and we do not sell tickets.