THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kate Hamill’s stage adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN exudes warmth and a genuine interest in telling the story

This week, I was able to catch up with Kate Hamill’s big-hearted Off-Broadway stage adaption of Louisa May Alcott’s forward thinking classic novel Little Women, which closes this weekend at the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Pride Performances, Part 1: An eclectic bunch that that’s representative of how far we’ve come

If you’re gay, then really the place to be this week is New York City, when and where World Pride festivities not so coincidentally collide with the 50thanniversary of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Daniel Glenn’s inpsired KING PHILIP’S HEAD […] functions as both biting allegorical satire and unfortunate origins story

Last night at the Wild Project in the East Village, I caught Daniel Glenn’s new comedy King Philip’s Head Is Still on that Pike Just Down the Road, the final offering of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aurélien Bory’s ESPÆCE is hybrid performance in the truest sense of the word

This past weekend, the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House played host to Compagnie 111’s production of Espœce. The piece is hybrid performance in the truest sense of the word … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS caps off Irish Rep’s altogether triumphant O’Casey Cycle

This past week, I finally caught up with the Off-Broadway revival of Sean O’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars, the final installment of the Irish Repertory Theatre’s altogether triumphant O’Casey … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – JULIE MADLY DEEPLY, a loving tribute to Dame Julie Andrews from a super fangirl

This week, I paid my final visit to 59E59 Theaters’ 2019 edition of its wonderful Brits Off Broadway series to catch Sarah-Louise Young’s Julie Madly Deeply. In essence, the work … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Lost in Translation: Two ambitious but muddled new plays attempt to make sense of modern-day China

The changes that have occurred in China over the last few decades have been dizzying. How to put it all in context, though? Over the last few weeks, I therefore … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The world premiere musical adaptation of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES is musically and emotionally ravishing

This past weekend, Lynn Nottage, Duncan Sheik, and Susan Birkenhead’s new musical, the world premiere stage adaptation of The Secret Life of Bees (based on Sue Monk Kidd’s 2001 novel … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – 59E59 Theaters’ eclectic Brits Off Broadway continues with HANDBAGGED & SQUARE GO

This weekend, I continued my adventures with Brits Off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters with two seemingly divergent plays, Moira Buffini’s Handbagged and Kieran Hurley and Gary McNair’s SQUARE GO. Ms. Buffini’s quintessentially British … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Chisa Hutchinson’s solo show PROOF OF LOVE is slight but affecting

Earlier this week, I caught Chisa Hutchinson’s new play Proof of Love at Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre. The piece – a co-production between Audible Theater and New York Theatre Workshop – tells … Continue Reading →