THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alison Fraser slays Aaron Mark’s SQUEAMISH

Last night, Halloween, I caught up with Aaron Mark’s evocative and gory one-woman show Squeamish, courtesy of All for One Theater at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row. It turned out … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Julie Taymor’s uneven revival of M. BUTTERFLY by David Henry Hwang opens on Broadway

With last week’s opening of Julie Taymor’s revival of the 1988 Tony-winning play M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang at the Cort Theatre, New York will have three major adaptations of this … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mark Morris’s choreographic interpretation of LAYLA AND MAJNUN captivates in Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival

I recently caught the closing performance of Mark Morris’s utterly captivating Layla and Majnun, which had its New York premiere this past week under the auspices of Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NYCO’s intimate operatic adaptation of DOLORES CLAIBORNE by Tobias Picker fails to ignite

The discerning New York theatergoer can easily get into the Halloween spirit by attending any number of carefully curated productions. Thomas Ostermeier’s devilish mounting of Richard III at BAM, Dave Malloy’s pungent song … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Dave Malloy’s singular GHOST QUARTET haunts Next Door at NYTW

I recently caught the inaugural performance at New York Theatre Workshop’s intimate 65-seat black box Next Door at NYTW space, a remounting of Dave Malloy’s singular song cycle, Ghost Quartet. This … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Denise Gough reprises her stunning breakthrough performance in PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS at St. Ann’s Warehouse

Last night, the National Theatre and Headlong’s acclaimed production of People, Places & Things had its American premiere at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. I had seen Duncan MacMillan’s play … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two timely, hard-hitting prison dramas open Off-Broadway: JESUS HOPPED THE ‘A’ TRAIN and OEDIPUS EL REY

This week, two intensely staged, hard-hitting prison dramas opened Off-Broadway in high-profile productions: Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Signature Theatre and Luis Alfaro’s Oedipus El Rey at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NSangou Njikam’s new hip-hop musical SYNCING INK at the Flea is exuberant and joyously-performed

Last night at the (new) Flea, I caught the exuberant and joyously-performed New York premiere of the rap/hip-hop musical Syncing Ink. The show, written by the talented NSangou Njikam (who also … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Belarus Free Theatre’s guttural BURNING DOORS is political activism via savvy theater-making

In our desensitized post-everything world, the ability to experience theater, or art in general, on a truly visceral level is a rare occurrence. It’s therefore quite a surprise when something … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The ninth installment of Diana Oh’s uncompromising {MY LINGERIE PLAY} at the Rattlestick is messy, invigorating

Last night in the West Village, I caught {my lingerie play} 2017: The Concert and Call to Arms!!!!!!!!!, a genre-blurring piece (is it a musical? a concert? an autobiographical solo … Continue Reading →