THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ana Nogueira’s entertaining new comedy WHICH WAY TO THE STAGE is at its best when it allows its characters to thrive

Earlier this week at the Newman Mills Theater, Ana Nogueira’s entertaining new comedy Which Way to the Stage opened Off-Broadway courtesy of MCC Theater. The play is an unabashed love … Continue Reading →

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 →