THE HANGOVER REPORT – Breslin and Foley’s THE LAST BIMBO OF THE APOCALYPSE giddily dissects celebrity culture by way of the internet

Last night, The New Group’s production of The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse opened Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Created by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley — the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Women on the verge: Caitlin Saylor Stephens’ FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981 and Natalie Margolin’s ALL NIGHTER

The young women in Kimberly Belflower’s terrific John Proctor Is the Villain aren’t the only women going through onstage breakdowns. This week, I was able to catch two Off-Broadway plays … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Norm Lewis digs deep in the hard-hitting revival of Lonne Elder III’s rarely performed CEREMONIES IN DARK OLD MEN

This past weekend at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, I had the opportunity to attend a performance of Peccadillo Theater Company’s revival of Lonne Elder III’s rarely performed Ceremonies in … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Revisiting classic musicals: Encores! revival of WONDERFUL TOWN and Roundabout’s rejiggered PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL

This spring, two productions of well known musicals attempt to make a case for arguably creaky material, thereby exhibiting just how much leeway there is in the act of reviving … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – IRISHTOWN parodies both Irish playwriting and the process of making theater, often to very funny effect

This spring, Irish Repertory Theater has made the wise decision to lighten up the mood (because we all need levity during these strained, crazy times!) by presenting a rare comedy … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In VANYA, Andrew Scott singlehandedly takes on a Chekhov classic with brilliant panache, mining its humanity

This past weekend, I finally caught up with Andrew Scott’s much talked about performance in Vanya at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre. First seen across the pond in London, the show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the bittersweet HOLD ME IN THE WATER, Ryan J. Haddad candidly shares an autobiographical episode of love and romance

Over at Playwrights Horizons, you’ll be able to find Ryan J. Haddad’s bittersweet Hold Me in the Water, the latest in the the playwright/actor’s growing collection of autobiographical solo shows … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT –  Łukasz Twarkowski’s sprawling multimedia vision of THE EMPLOYEES artfully interrogates what it means to be human

This past weekend for three performances only, Polish theater director Łukasz Twarkowski’s slow-burning stage adaptation of The Employees came and went at NYU Skirball. Blink and you’re likely to have … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT –  Children will listen: Emil Weinstein’s stage adaptation of BECOMING EVE is timely and bursts with conviction

Last night at the Abrons Arts Center deep in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, I was able to catch up with the stage adaptation of Abby Chava Stein’s memoir Becoming … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Eliya Smith’s layered, baffling new play GRIEF CAMP basks in the lingering quality of loss and sadness

Earlier this week, Eliya Smith’s Grief Camp opened at the Linda Gross Theater courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company. Better late than never, the production arrives Off-Broadway a few months after … Continue Reading →