THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS caps off Irish Rep’s altogether triumphant O’Casey Cycle

This past week, I finally caught up with the Off-Broadway revival of Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars, the final installment of the Irish Repertory Theatre’s altogether triumphant O’Casey … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – JULIE MADLY DEEPLY, a loving tribute to Dame Julie Andrews from a super fangirl

This week, I paid my final visit to 59E59 Theaters’ 2019 edition of its wonderful Brits Off Broadway series to catch Sarah-Louise Young’s Julie Madly Deeply. In essence, the work … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Lost in Translation: Two ambitious but muddled new plays attempt to make sense of modern-day China

The changes that have occurred in China over the last few decades have been dizzying. How to put it all in context, though? Over the last few weeks, I therefore … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The world premiere musical adaptation of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES is musically and emotionally ravishing

This past weekend, Lynn Nottage, Duncan Sheik, and Susan Birkenhead’s new musical, the world premiere stage adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees (based on Sue Monk Kidd’s 2001 novel … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – 59E59 Theaters’ eclectic Brits Off Broadway continues with HANDBAGGED & SQUARE GO

This weekend, I continued my adventures with Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters with two seemingly divergent plays, Moira Buffini’s Handbagged and Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair’s SQUARE GO. Ms. Buffini’s quintessentially British … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Chisa Hutchinson’s solo show PROOF OF LOVE is slight but affecting

Earlier this week, I caught Chisa Hutchinson’s new play Proof of Love at Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre. The piece – a co-production between Audible Theater and New York Theatre Workshop – tells … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The York Theatre Company’s charming revival of ENTER LAUGHING is stubbornly old-fashioned

Last night, I saw the York Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway revival of Enter Laughing. Over the years, the York – which is now embarking on its milestone 50thanniversary season – has … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The thorny UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME returns to New York, ferociously

I recently had a chance to revisit Ars Nova’s acclaimed production of Underground Railroad Game, which has returned to New York for a strictly limited run at the Greenwich House Theater (the theater company’s new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenny Leon’s fresh, lucid MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Delacorte hits the sweet spot

Nothing marks the welcome commencement of summer better than going to the first Free Shakespeare in the Park performance of the year (especially when the weather cooperates). Well, that’s what happened earlier this … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – SPEAKEASY MAGICK at the McKittrick Hotel is an atmospheric evening of intimate sleight-of-hand

Past my bedtime late this past Saturday night in the Club Car of Chelsea’s McKittrick Hotel (home of the long-running immersive theater hit Sleep No More), I caught Speakeasy Magick, … Continue Reading →