THE HANGOVER REPORT – Transport Group’s stunningly reimagined THE TRIAL OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE is innovative, powerful

This week at the Abrons Arts Center, I caught Transport Group’s revelatory revival of The Trial of the Catonsville Nine by Daniel Berrigan. The production has been given an immersive, boldly heightened staging by Transport Group artistic … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In SEA WALL / A LIFE, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge excel in two slight but quietly menacing monologues

Last night, Sea Wall / A Life, a pair of monologues about modern day masculinity through the lens of intense grief by Simon Stephens (who penned the Tony-winning stage adaptation of The Curious … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The honey-voiced Carmen Cusack leads the perfectly pleasant Encores! revival of Irving Berlin’s CALL ME MADAM

This past weekend at New York City Center, I attended the closing performance of the weeklong run of the Encores! revival of Call Me Madam. Before becoming the indispensable theatrical … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MIES JULIE & THE DANCE OF DEATH: CSC’s Strindberg pairing explores the treachery and mystery of love

Today, Classic Stage Company’s repertory productions of August Strindberg’s Mies Julie and The Dance of Death via Conor McPherson and Yaël Farber, respectively, opened. It’s a fascinating pairing. Seen individually, each makes for explosive domestic … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The improbably-plotted ON BLUEBERRY HILL brilliantly scores with its quietly thrilling storytelling

Before closing last weekend at 59E59 Theaters, I had the opportunity to catch Sebastian Barry’s two-hander On Blueberry Hill, courtesy of Dublin’s Fishamble company. Set in Ireland, the play – … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – GLORIA: A LIFE is a lucid and poignant encapsulation of Ms. Steinem and her life’s work

This week, I finally caught up with Gloria: A Life at the Daryl Roth Theatre, where it has been playing since October. The bio-drama, written by acclaimed playwright and director Emily Mann, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Despite being an artifact of another era, Robert Bolt’s A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS is solidly revived by FPA

This weekend at Theatre Row, I caught Fellowship for Performing Arts’ Off-Broadway revival of Robert Bolt’s Tony- and Oscar-winning A Man for All Seasons. For those of you who haven’t … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The kids are alright: GENERATION NYZ is a tender, heartfelt love letter to New York and its inspiring youths

Last night, I caught Ping Chong + Company’s Off-Broadway production of Undesirable Elements: Generation NYZ at the Ellen Stewart Theatre at La Mama in the East Village (the piece was previously staged … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A decade on, AMERICAN REALNESS still delivers elemental commentary on the here and now

Rounding out the January experimental performing arts festivals is perhaps the boldest and most abstract (and therefore most unpredictable) of them all – American Realness, which in 2019 is celebrating … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Leah Nanako Winkler’s sit-comy GOD SAID THIS sadly misses the mark

Last night, Primary Stages’ production of God Said This by Leah Nanako Winkler opened Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre. The premise – a feisty, estranged daughter, Hiro, returns to the … Continue Reading →