THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill Playhouse serves up a crowd-pleasing revival of the popular BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL

I also recently had the opportunity to take a field trip out to Millburn, NJ to catch Paper Mill Playhouse’s revival of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The popular jukebox … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Raja Feather Kelly’s THE FIRES pungently, poetically excavates the burden Black queerness and the devastation of love

This past week, I had the opportunity to catch up with Raja Feather Kelly’s The Fires by Raja Feather Kelly, courtesy of Off-Broadway’s small but mighty Soho Rep, which over … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the wobbly, forcefully-acted THE WELKIN, Lucy Kirkwood explores justice and power vis-à-vis housekeeping women

Last night, Atlantic Theater Company’s production of The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood — a British playwright perhaps best known for penning such well-received plays as Chimerica and The Children — opened Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maury Yeston’s stirring score rightfully takes center stage in the sublime Encores! revival of TITANIC

Wrapping up the fantastic 30th anniversary season of the Encores! series (which began buoyantly with an inspired production of Once Upon a Mattress starring beloved stage and screen star Sutton … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Summerworks continues with COACH COACH, Bailey Williams’ quirky investigation of female identity in a cut-throat society

Down at The Wild Project in the East Village, Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks series continues with the second of three offerings of its 2025 edition — Coach Coach by Bailey Williams … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – This summer, The Public’s Mobile Unit tours a rollicking bilingual musical adaptation of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

One of New York’s most cherished summer traditions has historically been to attend one of The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park productions in Central Park. This year, however, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Joey Merlo’s MIDNIGHT COLESLAW’S TALES FROM BEYOND THE CLOSET!!! campily intersects queerness and the macabre

Over this past weekend at The Tank, I had the opportunity of catching up with Midnight Coleslaw’s Tales from Beyond the Closet!!! The evening of one-acts has been masterminded by Joey Merlo, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep concludes its successful Friel-focused season with a solid revival of MOLLY SWEENEY

Irish Repertory Theatre is closing out its season — which is dedicated to the works of the great Brian Friel (the curated season has been officially marketed as “The Friel … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Back where they belong: Roundabout’s revival of HOME and Second Stage’s BREAKING THE STORY

This brand new theater season has seen the recent arrivals of a pair of plays that explore the notion of home and finding one’s place in life. Both feature central … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rosalind Chao and BD Wong navigate the immigrant experience in WHAT BECAME OF US, Shayan Lofti’s eloquent new play

This week, Atlantic Theater Company’s production of What Became of Us by Shayan Lofti (in his Off-Broadway playwriting debut) opened at Atlantic Stage 2. In short, the new two-hander tells … Continue Reading →