VIEWPOINTS – Parody on Broadway: Isn’t it time for something new?

Last night, I attended a performance of the Reduced Shakespeare Company’s William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged) (RECOMMENDED) at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC. This gifted comic trio … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nassim Soleimanpour leads both actor and audiences down the rabbit hole in his trippy WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT

Every Monday night at the Westside Theatre, you’ll see a different actor taking on Nassim Soleimanpour’s singular White Rabbit Red Rabbit. The central gimmick of this trippy, uber-meta play is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Pearl’s THE DINGDONG delivers on its promise of mayhem and laughter

Yesterday evening, I caught a performance of The Dingdong at the Pearl. After having just seen the intense (albeit excellent) downer A Girl is a Half-formed Thing that same afternoon, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aoife Duffin’s ferocious performance rivets in the stage adaptation of A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING

This afternoon, I caught a performance of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, a stage adaptation of the novel by Eimear McBride, at Baryshnikov Arts Center. The story, which takes … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two of 2014’s biggest theater success stories start to find lives outside of New York

Two of 2014’s biggest theater success stories – Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning All the Way and Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Flick – couldn’t be more different, except perhaps in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ike Holter’s EXIT STRATEGY at Primary Stages succeeds through its winning characters

I recently had a chance to catch Ike Holter’s Exit Strategy at the Cherry Lane Theatre, courtesy of Primary Stages. The play, which chronicles the final days of a Chicago … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill’s PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES is sweetly diverting

This afternoon, I took a short field trip out to the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ to catch a matinee performance of the breezy musical Pump Boys and Dinettes, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lessing’s still-relevant NATHAN THE WISE casts a quiet spell at CSC

Last night, I caught a performance of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s rarely-performed Nathan the Wise (in a 2003 translation by Edward Kemp) at Classic Stage Company. Lessing’s play, a plea for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A gorgeous-sounding 110 IN THE SHADE charms at Ford’s Theatre

Last night, I attended Ford’s Theatre charming revival of the under-appreciated musical 110 in the Shade, which features a score by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones (who also provided the immortal … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two women playwrights explore new forms to get further to the core of things

Currently on display on the boards of New York theater are two thought-provoking works from two boundary-pushing women playwrights. First up is Antlia Pneumatica (RECOMMENDED) by Anne Washburn, which is … Continue Reading →