THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tiago Rodrigues’s captivating BY HEART stealthily illustrates how the act of memorization is also one of deep humanism

Last night, I trekked out to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to attend a performance of Tiago Rodrigues’s By Heart, which is currently in the midst of a short run … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Wallace Shawn’s THE FEVER, starring Lili Taylor, wavers between reckoning and self-flagellation

This fall, Audible Theater, in a co-production with The New Group, returns to in-person performances at the Minetta Lane Theatre with a limited two-week run of Wallace Shawn’s solo show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – With Rajiv Joseph’s lovely LETTERS OF SURESH, Second Stage gently resumes in-person performances

Last night, Second Stage Theater’s production of Letters of Suresh by Rajiv Joseph opened Off-Broadway at the Tony Kiser Theater (the play’s opening night was pushed back due to one … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Off-Broadway impressions: Bedlam’s stage adaptation of PERSUASION and Lynn Clay Byrnes’ BETWEEN THE BARS

It’s been thoroughly gratifying to see so many in-person shows sprouting across the city in recent weeks. Indeed, in just the past few days, I was able to attend a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Experimenting with and transcending form(s): ASUNA’S 100 KEYBOADS at BAM and HOLDTIGHT’s WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING? at the cell

This past week, I attended two performances that experimented with and transcended form(s). Here are my thoughts on these interesting outings. 100 KEYBOARDSASUNA / Brooklyn Academy of MusicThrough October 2 … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of new Off-Broadway musicals attempt to examine life in the performing arts: A COMMERCIAL JINGLE FOR REGINA COMET and YEAH, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW

Currently Off-Broadway, there are a pair of Off-Broadway musicals that attempt to examine life in the performing arts industry. Here are my thoughts. A COMMERCIAL JINGLE FOR REGINA COMETDR2 TheatreThrough … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Xandra Nur Clark’s POLYLOGUES sympathetically investigates the merits of polyamorous relationships

This week, Colt Coeur’s production Polylogues by Xandra Nur Clark opened at HERE Arts Center. Written and performed by Ms. Clark, the fascinating one woman show seeks to demystify polyamorous … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Martyna Majok’s riveting SANCTUARY CITY continues the playwright’s exploration of underexposed lives on society’s fringes

Last night, Maryna Majok’s riveting new play Sanctuary City opened at the Lucille Lortel Theatre courtesy of New York Theatre Workshop (the show was actually in previews when Covid shut … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ngozi Anyanwu’s THE LAST OF THE LOVE LETTERS manages to be both exactly and not at all what it seems

Last night, Ngozi Anyanwu’s The Last of the Love Letters premiered at Atlantic Theater Company in Chelsea. In my book, the event is a significant one, marking among the first … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Pre-gaming the fall theater season with two Off-Broadway shows: THE BOOK OF MORON & MY MOTHER’S SEVERED HEAD

Before the true onslaught of Broadway’s (re-)openings and the surge in heavy-hitting Off-Broadway shows that’s expected this fall, I had a chance to catch a pair of late summer Off-Broadway … Continue Reading →