THE HANGOVER REPORT – Clare Barron’s incisive DANCE NATION investigates the conflicting motivations of adolescence

Ever since her cathartic You Got Older a number of seasons ago at HERE Arts Center, I’ve kept a close eye on the budding career of young playwright Clare Barron. Like the living … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Caryl Churchill’s sprawling LIGHT SHINING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE is unruly and depressingly relevant

Last night, New York Theatre Workshop’s revival of Caryl Churchill’s sprawling Light Shining in Buckinghamshire opened Off-Broadway. If the piece lacks the focus and incisive poetry that marks some of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Transport Group/CSC’s lucid, riveting revival of Tennessee Williams’ SUMMER AND SMOKE makes a strong case for the rarely-performed play

This week saw the opening of a rare revival of Tennessee Williams’ 1948 play Summer and Smoke, courtesy of an Off-Broadway co-production between Classic Stage Company and Transport Group. The play is … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – “The One Thousand and One Nights” and its huge potential for inspiring seductive theater

There were recently a couple of Off-Broadway productions that continued to explore the theatrical possibilities of the Arabic myth “The One Thousand and One Nights” – Target Margin’s experimental homage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sharon Washington’s perfectly pleasant theatrical memoir FEEDING THE DRAGON needed some real vulnerability

Closing out Primary Stages’ 2017-2018 season was Sharon Washington’s one-woman theatrical memoir Feeding the Dragon, which recently concluded its run at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Ms. Washington is a fine actress and I had … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mobile Unit’s HENRY V is workmanlike, with a monarch that’s more interesting than meets the eye

Last night, the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit production of the Bard’s Henry V opened at the institution’s downtown headquarters. The run at 425 Lafayette Street is just one of a number … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Amelia Roper’s tantalizingly-structured ZÜRICH falls just short of its ambitions

The brilliant Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard’s Travesties isn’t the only play causing fictitious mischief in Zurich, Switzerland. Indeed, the aptly-named new play Zürich by Amelia Roper – currently running Off-Broadway at Next Door at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lucy Thurber’s well-meaning TRANSFERS is only moderately successful

Last night, Lucy’s moderately successful new play Transfers opened at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre, courtesy of MCC Theater. The play tells the story of two potential college transfers from low income … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Ives’ THE METROMANIACS is pure hilarity in rhyming couplets

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child wasn’t the only production to open yesterday on 42nd Street. Practically next door at The Duke, a very, very funny staging of David Ives’ The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A rare revival of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE proves to be a timely and well-acted satire

This afternoon, I caught a rare revival of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s rarely-performed satire Happy Birthday, Wanda June at the Gene Frankel Theatre, courtesy of Wheelhouse Theater Company. Mr. Vonnegut is widely regarded … Continue Reading →