THE HANGOVER REPORT – Carmen Cusack shines in an otherwise pleasantly serviceable BULL DURHAM at Paper Mill Playhouse

Continuing in the long line of screen-to-stage adaptations is Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of Bull Durham, which is based on the 1988 baseball themed movie of the same name starring … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Halloween treats: Live performances that are bound to tickle the ghoul within

With Halloween fast approaching, what better way to immerse yourself in the ghostly holiday than by attending a live performance to tickle ghoul within? Luckily, New Yorkers have a slew … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In ARE THE BENNET GIRLS OK?, Emily Breeze alters a Jane Austen classic just enough to register with a punch

The folks over at Bedlam are no strangers to the literary works of Jane Austen, having scored a hit with their freewheeling stage adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Now they’ve turned … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Rage against the machine: Humanity buckling under pressure in AND THEN WE WERE NO MORE and SLAUGHTER CITY

This past week, I came across a pair of dark and urgently acted Off-Broadway plays that ambitiously attempted to depict humanity exploited, buckling under the pressure of the machinations of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In a downsizing corporate environment, Mike Bartlett’s gladiatorial BULL still packs a visceral punch

Currently at the cozy “storefront” theater venue JACK in Brooklyn, you’ll be able to find an intimate and in-your-face revival of Bull by Mike Bartlett, a playwright perhaps best known … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jonathan Spector’s THIS MUCH I KNOW teases the brain in order to touch base with the soul

Last season, playwright Jonathan Spector struck a chord with Broadway audiences with his vaccination debate play Eureka Day, which won him the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Preston Max Allen’s piercing new play CAROLINE sheds a humanizing light on the trans experience

Tonight, Preston Max Allen’s exceptional new play Caroline opened Off-Broadway at MCC Theater’s more intimate Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater space. The play tells the story of Maddie, a lower … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Natalie Palamides wreaks havoc in WEER, the inaugural show at the rebooted Cherry Lane Theatre

This fall, commercial Off-Broadway theater’s impressive resurgence continues with the re-opening of the rebooted Cherry Lane Theater, which has been bought and thoughtfully renovated by the indie film company A24 … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In ALL RIGHT. GOOD NIGHT., Rimini Protokoll artfully articulates the process of gradual disappearance through music and text

Last night at NYU Skirball, I had the opportunity to catch the North American premiere of Rimini Protokoll’s All right. Good night. in a co-presentation by L’Alliance New York as a part … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Hansol Jung’s LAST CALL, A PLAY WITH COCKTAILS is intimate and immersive in the most unique ways

Also last night, Hansol Jung’s new play Last Call, a play with cocktails officially opened, way Off-Broadway. Only accommodating 20 to 40 guests at a time in personal homes across … Continue Reading →