THE HANGOVER REPORT – Chad Beckim’s domestic opioid tragedy NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY devastates slowly but surely

Last night at Off-Broadway’s A.R.T./New York Theatres, I attended a performance of Partial Comfort Productions’ staging of Nothing Gold Can Stay, a new play by Chad Beckim. Set in a depressed, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeanine Tesori and David Henry Hwang throw the kitchen sink in SOFT POWER, to head-spinning effect

Also last night, Soft Power – the totally interesting and highly anticipated collaboration between the Tony-winning pair of Jeanine Tesori (Fun Home) and David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) – opened … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An unhinged, tempestuous Marisa Tomei leads a maximalist revival of Tennessee Williams’ THE ROSE TATTOO on Broadway

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ lesser known The Rose Tattoo opened at the American Airlines Theatre. Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei reprises her performance (from a few … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Catya McMullen’s rollicking GEORGIA MERTCHING IS DEAD is an ode to girl power and the families we choose for ourselves

This past weekend, I caught Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Off-Broadway production of Catya McMullen’s new play Georgia Mertching Is Dead. The play tells the story of three women – all former … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tracy Letts’ LINDA VISTA arrives on Broadway, Steppenwolf realness intact

Amidst an unusually crowded Broadway season of high profile new plays is Steppenwolf Theater Company’s production of Tracy Letts’ latest work Linda Vista, which opened last week on Broadway at the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Memory in motion: Paul David Young’s ALL MY FATHERS and Tennessee Williams’ THE GLASS MENAGERIE

This past weekend, I caught back-to-back performances in the East Village – Austin Pendleton and Peter Bloch’s revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie at the Wild Project and Paul … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Will Arbery’s riveting HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING paints a startlingly lucid portrait of the Christian right

Last night, Will Arbery’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. When I caught Mr. Arbery’s previous play Plano last year at Summerworks – Clubbed Thumb’s excellent annual festival of adventurous … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeremy O. Harris’s uncompromising, guttural SLAVE PLAY ferociously opens on Broadway

Surely destined to be one of the most provocative offerings in many a season is Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play, which ferociously opened last night on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Satoshi Miyagi uses Japanese noh tradition to bring poetry to ANTIGONE, to mesmerizing effect

One of the toughest tickets to come by currently in town is Shizuoka Performing Arts Center’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone at the Park Avenue Armory (the rest of the run is sold … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeff Augustin’s THE NEW ENGLANDERS is thoughtfully of-the-moment although not quite satisfying

This week, the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Jeff Augustin’s The New Englanders opened Off-Broadway at New York City Center. Set in a quiet, upper middle class New England town, … Continue Reading →