THE HANGOVER REPORT – TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY returns to The Joyce, performing with intent and clarity

This week, Trisha Brown Dance Company makes a welcome return to New York at The Joyce Theatre in Chelsea with a beautifully curated program comprised of a beguiling premiere and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A stellar cast ignites the Met’s cinematic new staging of Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

One of the Metropolitan Opera’s most anticipated offerings during the winter/spring months is its new production of Verdi’s eventful and unabashedly dramatic La Forza del Destino, which is currently concluding … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jesús I. Valles’s scattered, farcical BATHHOUSE.PPTX is an artful memorial to gay bathhouses

Over at The Flea Theater in Tribeca, you’ll find the world premiere production of Jesús I. Valles’s BATHHOUSE.PPTX. The play was the recipient of the 2023 Yale Drama Series Prize, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The audacious musical satire TEETH continues Michael R. Jackson’s obsession with the pitfalls of religion

Michael R. Jackson has made a name for himself as a sort of disruptor of musical theater. Starting with his shattering semi-autobiographical musical A Strange Loop — which both the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In her Carnegie Hall debut, frisky cabaret star MEOW MEOW conjures the Weimar Republic

Also this past weekend for one night only, I attended Meow Meow’s anticipated Carnegie Hall debut at the subterranean Zankel Hall. I’ve been following this frisky, subversive cabaret star’s career … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mark Morris’s deceptively lightweight THE LOOK OF LOVE is a gentle, sunny celebration of the Burt Bacharach songbook

This past week, the Brooklyn Academy of Music played host to the New York premiere of Mark Morris’s The Look of Love, an evening length dance piece set to the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In Laurence Fishburne’s LIKE THEY DO IN THE MOVIES, the film star unpacks his identity and bares his soul

Also opening last night at the super-flexible, newly-constructed Perelman Arts Center in Lower Manhattan was Laurence Fishburne’s soul-baring Off-Broadway solo show Like They Do in the Movies. Despite his status as … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The musical adaptation of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is powered by sturdy storytelling and smart, poetic staging

Last night, the new musical Water for Elephants opened on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. Adapted from Sara Gruen’s 2006 novel of the same, the musical tells the story of the Benzini … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Zach Zucker is the ineptly offensive JACK TUCKER, an unhinged comic creation that spares no one

Last night, I was able to experience Zach Zucker dissolve into his alter-ego — the ineptly offensive comedian “Jack Tucker” — in an act innocuously titled Comedy Standup Hour. Over … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two theatrical legends masterfully take the stage Off-Broadway: Len Cariou in TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE and Charles Busch in IBSEN’S GHOST

Over the past few days, I had the pleasure of catching two legends of the theater masterfully take the stage in a pair of Off-Broadway shows. As per usual, read … Continue Reading →