THE HANGOVER REPORT – A terrific revival of Richard Bean’s raucous TOAST gets 59E59’s Brits Off-Broadway festival off to an auspicious start

Any serious New York theatergoer knows that 59E59’s Brits Off-Broadway is one of the key festivals on the theater calendar. It gives local audiences the privileged opportunity to sample some … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Compagnia Finzi Pasca’s whimsical LA VERITÁ invokes Dalí at BAM

The contemporary cirus troupe Compagnia Finzi Pasca is currently in the midst of a brief residency at the Brooklyn Academic of Music with its latest show La Veritá, a charming, somewhat … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The New Group’s traveling THE SENSUALITY PARTY talks dirty, and it’s surprisingly great theater

Yesterday afternoon, I trudged up to the Bronx to catch The New Group’s traveling, albeit site-specific, performance of Justin Kuritzkes’s The Sensuality Party at Lehman College. You see, the play … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones are emotionally shattering in the solid DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Yesterday afternoon, I caught a matinee performance of Dear Evan Hansen at Second Stage Theatre. I had seen the musical – a variation on the impactful Next to Normal for … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – ROMEO & JULIET vs. KIKI & HERB: Only at the ever-vital Public

Last night, I indulged in a double-header at the Public Theater, where I was yet again reminded of why the famed institution is one of the most vital arts centers … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Red Bull’s THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL is juicy, well-acted fun

Yesterday, I caught a juicy, highly entertaining production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. This timely revival of Sheridan’s play about moral corruption … Continue Reading →

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 →