THE HANGOVER REPORT – MJ Kaufman’s precious SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA feels incomplete

Yesterday evening, I caught a performance of MJ Kaufman’s overly precious Sagittarius Ponderosa at the 3LD Art & Technology Center all the way downtown, courtesy of the National Asian American … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Exploring Identity through Theater (and the Internet): Daniel Alexander Jones’s DUAT and Jenny Rachel Weiner’s KINGDOM COME

This past weekend, I took in two new though-provoking Off-Broadway plays that had me contemplating the very notion of identity. Does gender and sexuality hold claim to it? Does even … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Red Bull’s red-blooded production of CORIOLANUS is timely, must-see Shakespeare

Yesterday at the Barrow Street Theatre, I was able to catch Red Bull Theater’s red-blooded production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, just in time for tomorrow’s election. Even if Coriolanus doesn’t exhibit … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – KRISTIN CHENOWETH’S love letter to Broadway is sweet and sassy

Kristin Chenoweth is at an interesting juncture in her career – no longer Broadway’s brassy ingénue, and not quite ready to graduate to a more mature persona. Therefore, why not put … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Power in Painful Transition (it’s an election year!): Ivo van Hove’s audacious and stunning KINGS OF WAR

Last night at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, I had the opportunity to catch Ivo van Hove and Toneelgreop Amsterdam’s audacious and altogether stunning Kings of War, a four-and-a-half-hour … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two high profile revivals of revered British plays moderately disappoint: David Hare’s PLENTY and Christopher Hampton’s LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES

Two of the theater season’s most anticipated highbrow revivals – David Hare’s Plenty and Christopher Hampton’s Les Liasons Dangereuses – arrived in New York this fall. Both plays share very … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The mesmerizing and devastating REQUEST CONCERT is an exquisite exercise in hyper-realism

Last weekend, as part of the ongoing Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, I was able attend the remount and reboot of the installation-cum-theater piece entitled Request … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – En Garde Arts’ earnest, well-meaning WILDERNESS is ultimately dull theater

I recently had a chance to catch Seth Bockley and Anne Hamburger’s Wilderness, which is currently running at Abrons Arts Center. This earnest and well-meaning play is a pseudo-documentary piece … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – SLUMBER is vapid Halloween entertainment, and it’s mostly irresistible

To get into the Halloween spirit, I journeyed all the way to Bushwick from Hell’s Kitchen to catch a performance of Slumber, courtesy of the circus arts troop Hideaway, at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Despite an ailing singer, last night’s searing performance of JENUFA at the Met was the perfect Halloween treat

While folks were out trick or treating last night, I spent my Halloween at the Metropolitan Opera, where I caught a searing performance of Leoš Janáček’s Jenufa. Appropriate for the … Continue Reading →