THE HANGOVER REPORT – KANZE NOH THEATRE quietly mesmerizes, courtesy of this year’s Lincoln Center Festival

This past week, I had the great pleasure and privilege of immersing myself in Noh, a centuries-old form of Japanese music and dance theater – complete with elaborate masks and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – This summer, musicals light up the DC theater scene

I recently took a trip down to Washington, DC to catch up on the city’s summer theatrical offerings. Not surprisingly, musicals dominated the scene. At the beautifully renovated Keegan Theatre … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The haunting THE PAPER HAT GAME is poetic and exquisite puppet theater

I recently had the chance to catch a performance of The Tank’s poetic production of The Paper during its last weekend at 3-Legged Dog. Much like Manual Cinema’s equally exquisite … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The summer remount of the rarely-performed Yiddish operetta THE GOLDEN BRIDE charms in its own old-fashioned way

Oftentimes, shows come and go before many us even know about them. This past theater season, a good example of this unfortunate reality was the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s revival … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A tighter, leaner MOTOWN returns to Broadway for a limited engagement

After a hiatus of more than a year, Motown: The Musical has returned to the Great White Way at the Nederlander Theatre tighter and leaner than the mammoth machine that … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – This summer, two oversized spectacles double as Broadway-style musicals

This summer – just in time for tourist season – New Yorkers are being treated to two huge spectacles, Radio City Music Hall’s New York Spectacular (the legendary venue’s summertime … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The late Elizabeth Swados’s messy, urgent RUNAWAYS, in a revival via Encores! Off-Center, throbs and thrills

In 1978, the late Elizabeth Swados, who sadly passed away this January, penned Runaways, the throbbing, improbable Tony-nominated musical about young runaways living on the streets of New York City. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – This summer, two very fine Off-Broadway plays depict men in crises

On Broadway, the great – and recently Tony-winning – Reed Birney is currently giving audiences a bleak peak at male anxiety in Stephen Karam’s extraordinary play The Humans. But he’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Young talent impresses in the York’s revival of YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

Before it closed last weekend, I had a chance to take in the York Theatre Company’s revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Clark Gesner’s musical based on the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Daniel Catán’s formulaic FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS fails to engage the imagination

The resuscitated New York City Opera’s first season came to a timid close with last week’s brief run of Daniel Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas. Despite the excitement that accompanied … Continue Reading →