THE HANGOVER REPORT – The affecting COAL COUNTRY returns to New York after its run was cut short by the pandemic

Coal Country has returned to New York at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre after its run was cut short by the pandemic in March 2020. The affecting play-with-music recounts the events … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Beloved City Ballet principals TILER PECK and SARA MEARNS branch out from the comfort of their home base to curate their own programs of dance

Tiler Peck and Sara Mearns have bigger things on their minds beyond dazzling audiences with their appearances with New York City Ballet. Case in point – with the company’s gruelling … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The legendary immersive theatrical experience SLEEP NO MORE resumes performances at the McKittrick Hotel

Earlier this week at the McKittrick Hotel, I returned to Punchrunk’s flagship production of Sleep No More, which triumphantly resumed performances last month following its pandemic hiatus. The legendary immersive … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Newly relevant, Lloyd Suh’s captivating THE CHINESE LADY returns to New York

Last night, Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady opened at the Public Theater in a co-production between Ma-Yi Theater Company and Barrington Stage Company. Together with the simultaneously-running Out of Time, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – John Douglas Thompson gives a wrenching performance in Arin Arbus’s grim, probing production of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Yesterday at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, I caught the final performance of Theatre for a New Audience’s probing production of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Although technically classified as … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Angel Corella’s traditional SWAN LAKE for Philadelphia Ballet is inspired by the choreographer’s ABT roots but is also distinctly his own

Also down in Philadelphia this weekend, I had the opportunity to take in Philadelphia Ballet’s production of Swan Lake at the stunningly beautiful Academy of Music, one of the venues … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bidding a bittersweet farewell to the original staging of RENT as it swings through Philadelphia

This weekend, I ventured down to Philadelphia to catch the 25th anniversary tour of Jonathan Larson’s Rent at the Merriam Theatre, where it plays only through this Sunday. The production, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Recent transcendent classical music performances: Lise Davidsen ravishes in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS and Yannick Nézet-Séguin completes his BEETHOVEN CYCLE

Over the last few weeks, I found myself in awe of the power of live classical music. In particular, I found two transcendent performances to be ones for the ages. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aleshea Harris’s sprawling ON SUGARLAND takes a surreal, poetic look at a Black community under duress

Last night, Aleshea Harris’s On Sugarland opened Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. There’s quite a lot to unpack in the new drama by Ms. Harris, whose revenge play Is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Happenstance Theater’s BAROCOCO meticulously, playfully recreates late 18th century aristocratic manners

Last night, I attended a performance of Barococo at Theater B of Off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theaters. Mounted by Washington, DC-based Happenstance Theater, the comedic piece depicts a group of French aristocrats … Continue Reading →