THE HANGOVER REPORT – Shane O’Regan, another shape-shifting actor, deeply impresses in the stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s PRIVATE PEACEFUL

I had recently written a piece covering and reviewing a trio of compelling (to varying degrees) solo shows currently playing in the New York. Let’s add to that list playwright/director … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Craig Lucas’s messy, shattering I WAS MOST ALIVE WITH YOU nakedly acknowledges the bravery of living

Last night, Craig Lucas’s latest play I Was Most Alive With You opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. Mr. Lucas’s most famous works – which include the 1988 play Prelude to a Kiss … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Exploring the black dilemma: A pair of brashly stylized (if flawed) new plays by Jonathan Payne and Geraldine Inoa explode with anger

Currently in New York, there are a pair of new plays running that explore the black dilemma in this country – Jonathan Payne’s The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll’d and Geraldine Inoa’s Scraps. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sharr White’s THE TRUE, led by a masterful Edie Falco, is scintillating theater

This weekend, I caught Sharr White’s scintillating new play The True, courtesy of The New Group at the Pershing Square Signature Center. In my mind, the play happily marks Mr. White’s return … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – For us or against us?: THE AЯTS on the NEA

I recently attended a performance of Sponsored by Nobody’s THE AЯTS at La MaMa in the East Village. The quirky docudrama tracks the evolution of the National Endowment for the Arts, from … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Richard Nelson’s take on UNCLE VANYA is intimate and emotionally rewarding

Often times, watching the plays of Anton Chekhov performed can be as languorous and static an experience one can have in the theater. To shake things up, some more adventurous directors … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jaki McCarrick’s world premiere play THE NATURALISTS is tender, meandering

At the Walkerspace Theater in Soho, the Pond Theatre Company is hosting the world premiere production of Jaki McCarrick’s play The Naturalists. Set in County Monaghan in Ireland, the play tells … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rob Roth’s technically astounding hybrid performance piece SOUNDSTAGE mesmerizes at HERE

Last night, the technically astounding multi-media fantasia Soundstage opened Off-Broadway at HERE Arts Center. Conceived, directed, and starring Rob Roth, the immersive fever dream of a production contemplates the drug and alcohol fueled … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Shape-shifters: Mikel Murfi, Kathryn Hunter, and Hershey Felder captivate in their solo shows

Essentially, theater really is just storytelling from different points of view (even if just a single one). At its most distilled, all you need is a bare stage, a performer, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A delicious cast sparkles in a timely revival of Shaw’s HEARTBREAK HOUSE

This week, I caught the Gingold Theatrical Group’s spunky, high concept Off-Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row, featuring an enticing cast with some … Continue Reading →