THE HANGOVER REPORT – Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ performance in her own WHERE WE STAND casts a spell despite an occasionally vague and didactic script

This week, the new play Where We Stand opened Off-Broadway, courtesy of WP Theater (in a co-production with Baltimore Center Stage). The solo show – written and performed by Donnetta … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Zora Howard’s boisterous new play STEW stealthily inverts the kitchen sink drama for its own end

I recently had the opportunity to attend a performance of Stew, a new play by Zora Howard receiving its world premiere staging via Page 73 (a company that has nurtured and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Yaël Farber’s production of HAMLET, starring Ruth Negga, is a wrenching slow-burn

Last night at St. Ann’s Warehouse, I caught Yaël Farber’s much-anticipated staging of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Over the last decade or so, Ms. Farber has worked around the globe, making a name for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Daniel Zaitchik’s DARLING GRENADINE is a darling of a musical and an utterly charming throwback

Also last night, the new musical Darling Grenadine by Daniel Zaitchik (who penned the show’s music, lyrics, and book) opened at the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mint uncharacteristically comes up short with the tepid CHEKHOV/TOLSTOY: LOVE STORIES

Last night at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, Mint Theater Company breathed tepid new life into two fairly obscure works by Anton Chekhov and Leo Tostoy, collectively under the umbrella of a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Keone and Mari Madrid’s BEYOND BABEL is one of the most exuberant pieces of dance theater I’ve ever seen

This afternoon at the Gym at Judson, I had the great privilege of catching Hideaway Circus’s production of Beyond Babel. Choreographed by Keone and Mari Madrid and set to today’s popular music catalogue (artists … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A propulsive LA TRAVIATA at the Met, led by a vocally resplendent Aleksandra Kurzak

I recently had a chance to revisit Michael Mayer’s production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera. Upon reassessment, I remain lukewarm to the year-old production and still do miss Willy … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Susan Graham returns to New York in a stirring evening-length concert inspired by Schumann’s FRAUENLIEBE UND -LEBEN

Along with millions of other Americans, I have long had a soft spot in my heart for star mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, who this week returned to New York (she now … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Duncan Sheik’s musical adaptation of BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE is a dreamy tone poem that resuscitates an era

Last night, Duncan Sheik, Jonathan Marc Sherman, and Amanda Green’s Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice opened Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center via the New Group. If you haven’t … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A muscular staging of A SOLDIER’S PLAY starring David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood makes for gripping, relevant entertainment

I recently had the opportunity to catch A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller at the American Airlines Theatre, courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. Mr. Fuller’s play won the Pulitzer Prize for … Continue Reading →