THE HANGOVER REPORT – Daniel Zaitchik’s DARLING GRENADINE is a darling of a musical and an utterly charming throwback

Also last night, the new musical Darling Grenadine by Daniel Zaitchik (who penned the show’s music, lyrics, and book) opened at the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mint uncharacteristically comes up short with the tepid CHEKHOV/TOLSTOY: LOVE STORIES

Last night at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, Mint Theater Company breathed tepid new life into two fairly obscure works by Anton Chekhov and Leo Tostoy, collectively under the umbrella of a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Keone and Mari Madrid’s BEYOND BABEL is one of the most exuberant pieces of dance theater I’ve ever seen

This afternoon at the Gym at Judson, I had the great privilege of catching Hideaway Circus’s production of Beyond Babel. Choreographed by Keone and Mari Madrid and set to today’s popular music catalogue (artists … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Duncan Sheik’s musical adaptation of BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE is a dreamy tone poem that resuscitates an era

Last night, Duncan Sheik, Jonathan Marc Sherman, and Amanda Green’s Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice opened Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center via the New Group. If you haven’t … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A muscular staging of A SOLDIER’S PLAY starring David Alan Grier and Blair Underwood makes for gripping, relevant entertainment

I recently had the opportunity to catch A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller at the American Airlines Theatre, courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. Mr. Fuller’s play won the Pulitzer Prize for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The spirited ROMEO & BERNADETTE is a guilty musical pleasure despite a barebones production

This past weekend at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres, I caught Amas Musical Theatre’s Off-Broadway premiere of Romeo & Bernadette: A Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn (the piece was … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In Simon Stone’s new adaptation, Rose Byrne is a MEDEA for our time, co-starring a vulnerable Bobby Cannavele

Last night at the Harvey Theater at BAM Strong, I caught Simon Stone’s loose adaptation of Medea. Mr. Stone is emerging as one of the can’t miss auteurs of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The singular Kathryn Hunter captivates as a re-gendered TIMON OF ATHENS

Earlier this week, I caught Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens courtesy of Theatre for a New Audience – in a co-production with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Washington, DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Four tough broads: Michelle Dooley Mahon’s THE SCOURGE & Richard Maxwell’s QUEENS ROW

Over the last week, I caught two productions that featured women toughing out exceedingly difficult situations. One involves the true story of a woman who all but dedicates her life … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The talent-filled EMOJILAND is lots of fun but as two-dimensional as its namesake

Over at the Duke on 42 Street, we have the new Off-Broadway musical Emojiland: The Musical by the writing duo of Keith Harrison and Laura Schein (together, they wrote the show’s score and … Continue Reading →