THE HANGOVER REPORT – Slick staging and strong acting save THE PAIN OF MY BELLIGERENCE by Halley Feiffer

This week, Halley Feiffer’s new play The Pain of My Belligerence opened Off-Broadway in a production courtesy of Playwrights Horizons at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. The play is comprised … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Mad Ones’ MRS. MURRAY’S MENAGERIE is a triumph in meticulously crafted realism

I recently had the opportunity to pay a visit to the Ars Nova production of The Mad Ones’ Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie at the Greenwich House Theater. I’ve seen only one other production … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tim Blake Nelson’s SOCRATES overflows with riches, led by the riveting Michael Stuhlbarg

Last night, I caught Tim Blake Nelson’s new play Socrates Off-Broadway at the Public Theater. As the title suggests, the play centers around Socrates, the influential Greek philosopher whose incessant questioning of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep mounts an utterly ideal revival of Sean O’Casey’s JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK

Last weekend, I caught a matinee performance of Irish Repertory Theatre’s Off-Broadway revival of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, one of the best known and well-regarded plays in the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Thaddeus Phillips’ 17 BORDER CROSSINGS is a visually ravishing examination of man-made borders

Last night, Thaddeus Phillips’ solo show 17 Border Crossings opened Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. I had missed the production, a unique hybrid between monologue and performance piece, when it played … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Isabelle Huppert was devastating and compulsively watchable in Florian Zeller’s THE MOTHER

This weekend at the Linda Gross Theater, I caught the final Off-Broadway performance of Florian Zeller’s The Mother, which enjoyed a sold out run courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company. Although not … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Renée Fleming and Ben Winshaw are superb in NORMA JEANE BAKER OF TROY, Anne Carson’s genre-straddling concoction

It’s hard to assess a piece like Anne Carson’s Norma Jeane Baker of Troy, which marks the first theatrical run at the 500-seat Griffin Theater at The Shed, the brand new performing arts … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stefano Massini’s sweeping THE LEHMAN TRILOGY triumphantly arrives in New York, and it’s masterful in every way

Last night at the Park Avenue Armory, I caught the highly anticipated North American premiere of Stefano Massini’s The Lehman Trilogy, which triumphantly arrives in New York after having been a sold out … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Flea’s revival of Thomas Bradshaw’s SOUTHERN PROMISES observes the Antebellum with deadpan gaze

I recently had a chance to catch the Off-Broadway revival of Thomas Bradshaw’s 2008 play Southern Promises at The Flea Theater. The Flea has long been a supporter and nurturer of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mara Nelson-Greenberg’s DO YOU FEEL ANGER? examines the gulf between the sexes, and whatnot

This past weekend, I caught Mara Nelson-Greenberg’s new play Do You Feel Anger? Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre. The semi-surrealist play tells the story of an empathy coach who has … Continue Reading →