THE HANGOVER REPORT – Richard Nelson’s rich and stealth-like HUNGRY introduces us to the Gabriels just in time for the elections

After the success of “The Apple Family Plays”, I’m so happy to report that playwright Richard Nelson has committed to embarking on a new series about another fictitious family – … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Youthful energy rules “pop-up” revival of WEST SIDE STORY

Last Saturday, I was lucky enough to snag a ticket to the immersive “pop-up” revival of West Side Story, courtesy of Carnegie Hall and the Weill Music Institute, at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ed Harris leads The New Group’s solid revival of Sam Shepard’s BURIED CHILD

Last weekend, I finally had a chance to take in The New Group’s revival of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Buried Child at The Pershing Square Signature Center. If Mr. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sky-Pony’s THE WILDNESS sounds and looks fabulous but suffers from tenuous storytelling

This past weekend, I attended a late-night performance of the new musical The Wildness at Ars Nova (in collaboration with The Play Company). The self-professed “rock fairy tale” makes use … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Do not miss the streaming of Complicite/Simon McBurney’s THE ENCOUNTER, a masterpiece in storytelling and performance

If you have any interest at all in the art of theater or storytelling, I strongly urge you not to miss the streaming (from the Barbican) of Complicite’s production of The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bedlam’s freewheeling adaptation of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY remains a giddy delight

Bedlam’s acclaimed production of Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility, wonderfully adapted by Kate Hamill, is back at the Gym at Judson, and it’s better than ever. The production seems tighter … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two new Off-Broadway plays excavate the human condition via “Our Town”

Over the years, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town has acquired a quaintness and sentimentality that has become synonymous with the play – an unfortunate development. Despite the inherent small town colloquialism … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola’s skin-deep STRAIGHT fails to convince

Earlier this week, Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola’s new play Straight opened Off-Broadway at the Acorn Theatre in Theatre Row. Although I applaud the effort of its authors to create … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – 400 hundred years after his death, Shakespeare permeates the New York performing arts season

As April 23, 2016 – the date of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – approaches, New York finds itself in the midst of a whole lotta Shakespeare. In the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nick Payne’s CONSTELLATIONS unexpectedly rivets, courtesy of Washington, DC’s Studio Theatre

Yesterday, I caught a matinee performance of Nick Payne’s Constellations at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood. I had also seen the starry Broadway mounting of Constellations last … Continue Reading →