THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sarah Delappe’s THE WOLVES is ferocious, stunning theater

Yesterday afternoon, I was lucky enough to catch Sarah Delappe’s rightfully acclaimed stunner of a play The Wolves, courtesy of Playwrights Realm at The Duke on 42nd Street. Over the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Civilians explore death and mortality in THE UNDERTAKING in typical inquisitive style at BAM

Back at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, I recently caught The Civilians’ latest piece, The Undertaking. I’ve been a fan of the company’s distinctive brand of investigative … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Three Bears and an Alien: Two quirky and inspired highlights of Origin’s 1st Irish Festival

At this year’s edition of Origin’s 1st Irish Festival (in its ninth year), two irrepressible offerings are proving to be the highlights of the festival. Despite their quirkiness, both productions … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Pearl opens its season with a curious revival of Shelagh Delaney’s rarely-performed A TASTE OF HONEY

The Pearl Theatre Company opened its season yesterday with a curious revival of Shelagh Delaney’s rarely-performed A Taste of Honey directed by Austin Pendleton. Written in 1958 when Ms. Delaney … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Richard Nelson’s WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? opens at the Public in a stealthily profound manner

The second installment of Richard Nelson’s “The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family” plays – What Did You Expect? – opened this weekend in a stealthily profound … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – This summer, investigating Leslye Headland’s world via a modestly-scaled BACHELORETTE and a sleek LAYOVER

This weekend in New York, two productions of plays by Leslye Headland will shutter, which has gotten me thinking about the merits of this provocative young playwright. In little more … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Julia Cho’s AUBERGINE at Playwrights Horizons is undercooked

After the smashing remount of Jaclyn Backhaus’s Men on Boats this summer, I was eager to see what Playwrights Horizons had in store for its audiences in its mainstage season … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kecia Lewis and Rebecca Naomi Jones shine brightly in George Brant’s excellent MARIE AND ROSETTA

The Atlantic Theater Company got its season to a rousing start with this week’s opening of George Brant’s excellent new two-hander Marie and Rosetta. Mr. Brant impressed me deeply in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Isabelle Huppert astonishes as PHAEDRA(S) at BAM

In Phaedra(s), the Next Wave offering that’s currently astonishing at the BAM Harvey, Polish director Krzysztof Warlikowski has assembled a series of takes on the story of the Greek queen … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Verdensteatret’s BRIDGE OVER MUD at BAM is hypnotic, seductive

BAM’s Next Wave Festival continued last weekend with the brief run of Norwegian art collective Verdensteatret’s Bridge Over Mud at the flexible and intimate BAM Fisher space. Bridge Over Mud … Continue Reading →