THE HANGOVER REPORT – The magnetic Stephen Rea is quietly devastating in a meticulous staging of Beckett’s KRAPP’S LAST TAPE

This fall, New York seems to be awash in the theatrical works of Samuel Beckett. A few weeks ago, Jamie Lloyd’s starry revival of Waiting for Godot opened on Broadway … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – An exploration of love and sex forms the crux of Ehan Coen’s juvenile LET’S LOVE! and Ali Keller’s thought-provoking (UN)CONDITIONAL

Currently on the boards of the city’s busy fall theater season, you’ll find a pair of new Off-Broadway plays whose crux is to delve into the quirkiness and irrational workings … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Carmen Cusack shines in an otherwise pleasantly serviceable BULL DURHAM at Paper Mill Playhouse

Continuing in the long line of screen-to-stage adaptations is Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of Bull Durham, which is based on the 1988 baseball themed movie of the same name starring … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Halloween treats: Live performances that are bound to tickle the ghoul within

With Halloween fast approaching, what better way to immerse yourself in the ghostly holiday than by attending a live performance to tickle ghoul within? Luckily, New Yorkers have a slew … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In ARE THE BENNET GIRLS OK?, Emily Breeze alters a Jane Austen classic just enough to register with a punch

The folks over at Bedlam are no strangers to the literary works of Jane Austen, having scored a hit with their freewheeling stage adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Now they’ve turned … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Rage against the machine: Humanity buckling under pressure in AND THEN WE WERE NO MORE and SLAUGHTER CITY

This past week, I came across a pair of dark and urgently acted Off-Broadway plays that ambitiously attempted to depict humanity exploited, buckling under the pressure of the machinations of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In a downsizing corporate environment, Mike Bartlett’s gladiatorial BULL still packs a visceral punch

Currently at the cozy “storefront” theater venue JACK in Brooklyn, you’ll be able to find an intimate and in-your-face revival of Bull by Mike Bartlett, a playwright perhaps best known … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jonathan Spector’s THIS MUCH I KNOW teases the brain in order to touch base with the soul

Last season, playwright Jonathan Spector struck a chord with Broadway audiences with his vaccination debate play Eureka Day, which won him the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Preston Max Allen’s piercing new play CAROLINE sheds a humanizing light on the trans experience

Tonight, Preston Max Allen’s exceptional new play Caroline opened Off-Broadway at MCC Theater’s more intimate Susan & Ronald Frankel Theater space. The play tells the story of Maddie, a lower … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Natalie Palamides wreaks havoc in WEER, the inaugural show at the rebooted Cherry Lane Theatre

This fall, commercial Off-Broadway theater’s impressive resurgence continues with the re-opening of the rebooted Cherry Lane Theater, which has been bought and thoughtfully renovated by the indie film company A24 … Continue Reading →