THE HANGOVER REPORT – Christin Eve Cato’s SANCOCHO investigates and celebrates family and sisterhood via kitchen time

Earlier this week, I had the chance to catch up with Christin Eve Cato’s Sancocho, courtesy of Off-Broadway’s WP Theater on the Upper West Side. The new play comes to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Zadie Smith’s THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN is elevated by a boisterous, scenery-chewing performance by Clare Perkins

Currently at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater, you’ll find The Wife of Willesden, the debut play by award-winning novelist Zadie Smith. Originally presented by the Kiln Theatre, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – York Theatre Company gives Jack Heifner’s musical version of VANITIES a second look

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to drop by the Theatre at St. Jean’s on the Upper West Side to catch York Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway revival of Vanities. The version … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Andre Royo masterfully and vividly animates Audible’s revival of DRINKING IN AMERICA by Eric Bogosian

Last night at the Minetta Lane Theater, I attended Audible Theater’s Off-Broadway revival of Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian. Written in 1986, the work is comprised of a series of monologues that … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At NYU Skirball, Phelim McDermott reveals his immense, deep obsession with Philip Glass in TAO OF GLASS

This past weekend, I attended the New York premiere of Tao of Glass at NYU Skirball by actor and director Phelim McDermott (who, on the day I attended the show, won a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Anzuelo’s unseasoned and ill-considered coming-of-age play DÍA Y NOCHE bites off more than it can chew

Last night, I attended LAByrinth Theater’s world premiere production of David Anzuelo’s Día y Noche at Off-Broadway’s 59E59 Theaters. The new play is the centerpiece of the storied theater company’s … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Thought-provoking plays from Latinx American voices: Liliana Padilla’s HOW TO TO DEFEND YOURSELF and Mariana Carreño King’s TRUCKERS

It’s always a thrill being exposed to new theatrical voices, which was the case this past weekend when I was introduced to a pair of fascinating Latinx American voices via … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Funny woman Judy Gold chronicles her development in YES, I CAN SAY THAT!, in the process articulating the necessity for comedy

Last night, funny woman Judy Gold’s Yes, I Can Say That! opened Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters courtesy of the venue’s resident theater company Primary Stages. Based on Gold’s 2020 book of the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Riffing off of classics of Western drama: Thomas Bradshaw’s THE SEAGULL/WOODSTOCK, NY and Talene Monahon’s THE GOOD JOHN PROCTOR

Over the course of the past few days, I caught two new Off-Broadway plays that riff off of classics of Western drama. Read on for my thoughts. THE SEAGULL/WOODSTOCK, NYThe … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Red Bull’s giddy romp ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM leans in on the noirish and gratuitously violent aspects of the tale

Last night, I caught up with Red Bull Theater’s Off-Broadway staging of the rarely performed “domestic tragedy” Arden of Faversham. An anonymously-written play penned somewhere around 1588 — Shakespeare is … Continue Reading →