THE HANGOVER REPORT – TFANA’s powerful revival of WEDDING BAND brings Alice Childress’s uncompromising views on racism further into the light

Finally, playwright Alice Childress – who passed away in 1994 – has been getting the attention she deserves. This season, New York theater audiences have been exposed to two of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Encores! gets its groove back with an enchanting and heartfelt revival of Sondheim and Lapine’s INTO THE WOODS

This weekend at New York City Center, I attended the highly anticipated, ultra-starry Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s ever-popular 1988 musical Into the Woods. It’s been a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, Samuel D. Hunter makes a case for men’s capacity for feeling and sensitivity

This week, Signature Theatre Company’s production of A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter opened Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center. Set in a small, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lesley Nichol’s gently diverting musical autobiography HOW THE HELL DID I GET HERE? endearingly charts the “Downton Abbey” star’s unlikely career

This week, Lesley Nichol’s How the Hell Did I Get Here? opened Off-Broadway at the McKittrick Hotel (best known as the home of the long-running immersive theater experience Sleep No … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s moving and sturdily constructed musical HARMONY makes its long-awaited New York debut

Last night at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, I attended the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene’s Off-Broadway production of Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman’s “new” musical Harmony. The musical has been … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – JC Lee’s observant comedy TO MY GIRLS investigates white male privilege in gay culture, thereby comprehensively critiquing a generation of gays

This past weekend at Off-Broadway’s Tony Kiser Theater, I attended one of the final performances of Second Stage Theater’s production of To My Girls by JC Lee (the production’s last … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new two-hander musical ISLANDER is a beguiling little creation that unobtrusively addresses environmental issues

Last night, I attended a performance of Islander at Playhouse 46, a brand new off-Broadway performance venue in the heart of the Theater District that has given a new lease … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bated Breath’s intermittently successful CHASING ANDY WARHOL creates some striking tableaus against the city’s iconic vistas

This weekend, I participated in Chasing Andy Warhol, Bated Theatre Company’s latest walking tour cum immersive theater experience. The piece is the theater company’s equally ambitious – if less cohesive … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An explosive James McAvoy leads a radical, language drunk adaptation of CYRANO DE BERGERAC

This past week, the Jaimie Lloyd Company’s highly anticipated production of Cyrano de Bergerac – which won the prize for Best Revival at the 2020 Olivier Awards – opened at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Greenspan singlehandedly breathes live into Barry Connors’ THE PATSY in a dazzling, tour de force performance

Last night, I ventured down to Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side to catch David Greenspan singlehandedly breathe life into Barry Connors’ play The Patsy, which was a … Continue Reading →