THE HANGOVER REPORT – More than a decade on, Martin Moran revisits his exquisitely-wrought, deeply conflicted THE TRICKY PART in the #MeToo era

This weekend, I caught Martin Moran’s re-visitation of his exquisitely wrought, deeply conflicted 2005 one-man theatrical memoir The Tricky Part at the TBG Mainstage Theatre. I had read a lot … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – BAM’s Next Wave Festival, Weeks 7-11: Memorable highlights include the dramatization of Joan Didion’s THE WHITE ALBUM and Mark-Anthony Turnage’s visceral opera GREEK

Weeks 7 through 11 of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival showcased to BAM-goers a wide variety of genres in its three distinct spaces (the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Harvey, and BAM … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The disarmingly straightforward and completely charming A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES warmly conjures the spirit of the holidays

This week, I was finally able to catch Irish Repertory Theatre’s production of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, adapted by Charlotte Moore from the writings of Dylan Thomas. The musical … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tyne and Tim Daley headline Theresa Rebeck’s predictable DOWNSTAIRS

Even for the standards of the prolific Theresa Rebeck, this fall theater season has shaped up to be a busy few months for the ubiquitous writer (she writes for television and is a novelist, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tom Stoppard’s relatively brisk THE HARD PROBLEM poses large questions, with brilliant intellect and heart

This past weekend, I caught the New York premiere of Tom Stoppard’s The Hard Problem at the Mitzi Newhouse Theater, courtesy of Lincoln Center Theater. This latest from Stoppard – … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of moving, surprisingly well-crafted WWI musicals brighten the Off-Broadway scene: THE HELLO GIRLS & ALL IS CALM

This weekend, I caught,  purely by coincidence in back-to-back viewings, a pair of new Off-Broadway musicals based on World War I events (the war’s end celebrates its centennial this year) – The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A new immersive pop musical breathes decadent disco life into the legend of CLEOPATRA

Last weekend at Chelsea Music Hall – a new venue located in the bowels of Chelsea Market – I caught Cleopatra, the new immersive pop musical by Jeff Daye and Laura … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alesha Harris’s electric WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT COMES DOWN is a rageful prayer from a bruised community

This past weekend at A.R.T./New York Theatres, I caught Movement Theatre Company’s What to Send Up When It Comes Down by Aleshea Harris. The performance piece is a powerful response … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lauren Gunderson’s sly, uneven new play NATURAL SHOCKS features a game, likeable Pascale Armand

Last night, I caught the final Off-Broadway performance of Lauren Gunderson’s sly, uneven new play Natural Shocks at WP Theater. The one-woman play – which stars a game Pascale Armand … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alexi Kaye Campbell’s pungent APOLOGIA features a magnificent Stockard Channing as both hero and monster

I recently had a chance to catch the New York premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s 2009 play Apologia at the Laura Pels Theatre, courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. The raison d’être for … Continue Reading →