THE HANGOVER REPORT – John Doyle’s unsurprisingly minimalist revival of THE CRADLE WILL ROCK works as a tone poem, sans the anger

This week, John Doyle’s revival of Marc Blitzstein’s The Cradle Will Rock opened Off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company. The highly political so-called “play in music” – which is perhaps best known for being actively  opposed … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mabou Mines’ FAUST 2.0 bites off more than it can chew

This week, Mabou Mines’ Fasut 2.0, Matthew Maguire’s  ambitious take on Part II of Goethe’s masterpiece, opened Off-Broadway at the theater company’s renovated home in the East Village. For those of you … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – John Guare’s masterful NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE is a youthful late-career effort

This past weekend at Off-Broadway’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, I caught John Guare’s latest play Nantucket Sleigh Ride, courtesy of Lincoln Center Theater, an institution that has long been key to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rehana Lew Mirza’s punchy, familiar HATEF**CK dutifully entertains

Last weekend, I caught the Off-Broadway production of Hatef**k by Rehana Lew Mirza, courtesy of WP Theater and Colt Coeur. The play continues the dialogue started by Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Theatre Re’s near wordless THE NATURE OF FORGETTING is a gorgeous portrait of early onset dementia

Playing through just this weekend is a marvelous, soulful piece of physical theater entitled The Nature of Forgetting at the New Victory Theater, courtesy of the London-based Theatre Re. The show, a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ambiguity reigns in PERP, Lyle Kessler’s indistinct new play

Last night at TBG Mainstage Theatre, Lyle Kessler’s world premiere play Perp opened Off-Broadway courtesy of the Barrow Group. Mr. Kessler is perhaps best known for penning the 1983 play Orphans, which was famously performed … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – City Ballet star Sara Mearns shines in the delightful Encores! revival of Rodgers and Hart’s I MARRIED AN ANGEL

Sunday evening at New York City Center, I caught the final performance of the delightful Encores! revival of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s rarely performed I Married an Angel. Besides getting … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ira Fuchs’ sturdy new play VILNA is workmanlike and ultimately quite affecting

Yesterday, I attended a matinee performance of Ira Fuchs’ new play Vilna Off-Broadway at the Theatre at St. Clement’s. Set in the Polish city of Vilna, the play depicts the turbulent two-and-a-half … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Wooster Group’s THE B-SIDE still conjures ghosts of the past

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to catch the Wooster Group’s The B-Side: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons” at St. Ann’s Warehouse. The staging is a remounting of a production … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – WHITE NOISE: Suzan-Lori Parks as ambitious and provocative, as ever

Last night, Suzan-Lori Parks’ highly anticipated new play White Noise opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater’s Anspacher Theater. At its heart, the play tells the story of Leo (played by Daveed Diggs, a … Continue Reading →