THE HANGOVER REPORT – Julia Cho’s AUBERGINE at Playwrights Horizons is undercooked

After the smashing remount of Jaclyn Backhaus’s Men on Boats this summer, I was eager to see what Playwrights Horizons had in store for its audiences in its mainstage season … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kecia Lewis and Rebecca Naomi Jones shine brightly in George Brant’s excellent MARIE AND ROSETTA

The Atlantic Theater Company got its season to a rousing start with this week’s opening of George Brant’s excellent new two-hander Marie and Rosetta. Mr. Brant impressed me deeply in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Isabelle Huppert astonishes as PHAEDRA(S) at BAM

In Phaedra(s), the Next Wave offering that’s currently astonishing at the BAM Harvey, Polish director Krzysztof Warlikowski has assembled a series of takes on the story of the Greek queen … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Verdensteatret’s BRIDGE OVER MUD at BAM is hypnotic, seductive

BAM’s Next Wave Festival continued last weekend with the brief run of Norwegian art collective Verdensteatret’s Bridge Over Mud at the flexible and intimate BAM Fisher space. Bridge Over Mud … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Berkshire Theatre Group brings its fresh-faced FIORELLO! to New York for an encore run

This past year has been a big one for Bock and Harnick. Indeed, the last twelve months have seen an unprecedented string of New York revivals of their musicals. Last … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Lang’s adventurously staged THE LOSER opens BAM’s essential Next Wave Festival

You don’t get a lot of art that explores what it means to be mediocre. The notion is counterintuitive. Dave Malloy’s little-seen Black Wizard/Blue Wizard comes to mind, but little … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Satisfied: Immersing myself in repertory theater at the Stratford and Shaw festivals

I recently had the great privilege of experiencing the considerable theatrical offerings at two of North America’s preeminent repertory theaters, both of which are located in Ontario, Canada (each destination … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Christopher Chen’s audaciously elliptical CAUGHT is irresistible theater

Summertime is traditionally considered the slow season for New York theatergoing. However, this year’s summer months have been exceptionally fruitful for theater artists, to the great benefit of theatergoers. Plays such … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Public Works’ musical adaptation of TWELFTH NIGHT is a joyous affair at the Delacorte

Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub’s jubilant, very loose musical adaptation of Twelfth Night marks the fourth year Public Works – under the auspices of the Public Theater – is bringing … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mark Morris’s MOZART DANCES stirs the soul

One of the handful of my “aha!” moments in dance was when I first encountered Mark Morris’s dance set to Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. The humanity and … Continue Reading →