VIEWPOINTS – Women en route to the unknown, literally and figuratively: SPACEMAN & BONNIE’S LAST FLIGHT

This past weekend in the East Village, I caught two new immersive Off-Broadway plays that coincidentally depict women on their respective journeys into the unknown, both literally and figuratively. First … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Daniel Sloss’s hilarious, bloody brilliant X stealthily and passionately addresses the #MeToo movement

This afternoon at the SoHo Playhouse, I caught the final performance of X, provocative Scottish stand-up comedian Daniel Sloss’s latest show (his tenth!). I hadn’t seen this up-and-coming comic before, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep’s “O’Casey Cycle” gets off to a smashing start with THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN

This afternoon, I caught up with Irish Repertory Theatre’s smashing revival of Sean O’Casey’s rarely-performed The Shadow of a Gunman. The 1923 tragicomic play is part of O’Casey’s “Dublin Trilogy” and the first … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Elizabeth Baker’s Shaw-lite THE PRICE OF THOMAS SCOTT is lovingly resuscitated by the Mint

Last night, the Mint’s production of The Price of Thomas Scott by Elizabeth Baker opened Off-Broadway at Theatre Row. The staging remains true to the Mint’s mandate – to resuscitate lost plays of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Despite its inventive staging, Fiasco’s downsized MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG fails to make an impact

Last night, Fiasco Theater’s Off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s troublesome but much-loved 1984 musical Merrily We Roll Along opened at the Laura Pels Theater, courtesy of Roundabout Theatre … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MCP stages an invigorating one night only concert of THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

Last night at a packed David Geffen Hall (it still feels weird saying that) at Lincoln Center, I caught Manhattan Concert Productions’ one night only semi-staged concert of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Frank Wildhorn … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Johanna Day triumphs as JOAN, Stephen Belber’s comprehensive portrait of a woman’s life

Luckily, this weekend, I had a chance to catch the penultimate performance of the Colt Coeur production of Stephen Belber’s ambitious new drama Joan at HERE Arts Center. The play recounts the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – ADAM & CITY OF NO ILLUSIONS: Tales of queer refugees, told differently

In the theater, stories of queer (e.g., recent high profile Broadway revivals of Angels in America, The Boys in the Band, and Torch Song) and refugee experiences (e.g., the astonishing The Jungle at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MCC Theater unveils its new Hell’s Kitchen home with Loy A. Webb’s agenda-driven THE LIGHT

For many years now, MCC Theater – one of the major contributors to the Off-Broadway theater scene – has been synonymous with Greenwich Village’s historic and storied Lucille Lortel Theatre. The Lortel is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME is a fast-and-loose evening of improvised hip-hop euphoria

For a pure rush of adrenaline and indisputable bravado, you can’t go wrong with the Freestyle Love Supreme – a fast-and-loose evening of improvised hip-hop euphoria conceived by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Anthony … Continue Reading →