THE HANGOVER REPORT – CANNABIS! A VIPER VAUDEVILLE, an energized one-sided spectacle, equates the legalization of of marijuana with revolution

Last weekend, I was thankfully able to catch the final performance of Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville, a HERE production performed at La Mama’s Ellen Stewart Theatre. The brainchild of hip … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Theater as therapy session: Jade Anouka’s HEART and Aya Ogawa’s THE NOSEBLEED

This past week, I caught two new autobiographical plays that use theater as a sort of therapy session for their respective writer/performer. As per usual, here are my thoughts on … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The classics, adventurously reconsidered: Robert Icke’s ORESTEIA, Elevator Repair Service’s SEAGULL, and Classical Theatre of Harlem’s TWELFTH NIGHT

Upon my return to New York from my aforementioned London trip, I made it a point to attend three adventurously reconsidered classics of Western drama before they shuttered. Here are … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The bombastic international hit musical spectacle NOTRE DAME DE PARIS makes its long-awaited New York premiere

Last week the 1998 French musical Notre Dame de Paris made its long-awaited New York premiere at the David H. Koch Theater (appropriately on Bastille Day). It’s not my first … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s uneven SNOW IN MIDSUMMER ambitiously straddles a number of genres

After two failed attempts to see Classic Stage Company’s Off-Broadway production of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s new play Snow in Midsummer over the course of its run – due to repeated … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Neil D’Astolfo gives a vivacious, larger-than-life solo performance as MISTER MISS AMERICA

This week also saw the Off-Broadway opening of Mister Miss America by Neil D’Astolfo, who also stars in the piece. The amusing play arrives at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new musical adaptation of BETWEEN THE LINES charms despite its derivative traits

Earlier this week, the stage adaptation of Between the Lines opened Off-Broadway at the Tony Kiser Theater (usually the home of Second Stage’s productions). The new musical is based on … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Danai Gurira scintillates as RICHARD III in Shakespeare in the Park’s tonally unstable production

Last week at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, I attended Free Shakespeare in the Park’s latest offering Ricard III (the production officially opened earlier this week). The staging is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sarah Silverman’s amusing stage adaptation of her coming-of-age memoir THE BEDWETTER continues to be a work in progress

I recently had a chance to take in Sarah Silverman’s highly anticipated stage adaptation of her 2010 memoir The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee. The resulting musical, now … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alex Lawther is an authentically troubled HAMLET in Robert Icke’s surveillance-noir staging

This holiday weekend at the Park Avenue Armory, I attended a performance of Hamlet headlined by Alex Lawther as the troubled Danish prince. Directed by Robert Icke, the revival was … Continue Reading →