THE HANGOVER REPORT – The York Theatre Company’s charming revival of ENTER LAUGHING is stubbornly old-fashioned

Last night, I saw the York Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway revival of Enter Laughing. Over the years, the York – which is now embarking on its milestone 50thanniversary season – has … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The thorny UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME returns to New York, ferociously

I recently had a chance to revisit Ars Nova’s acclaimed production of Underground Railroad Game, which has returned to New York for a strictly limited run at the Greenwich House Theater (the theater company’s new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenny Leon’s fresh, lucid MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Delacorte hits the sweet spot

Nothing marks the welcome commencement of summer better than going to the first Free Shakespeare in the Park performance of the year (especially when the weather cooperates). Well, that’s what happened earlier this … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – SPEAKEASY MAGICK at the McKittrick Hotel is an atmospheric evening of intimate sleight-of-hand

Past my bedtime late this past Saturday night in the Club Car of Chelsea’s McKittrick Hotel (home of the long-running immersive theater hit Sleep No More), I caught Speakeasy Magick, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A game Susan Sarandon leads HAPPY TALK, Jessie Eisenberg’s observant, empathetic new play

This afternoon, I attended a performance of The New Group’s Off-Broadway production of Happy Talk, Jessie Eisenberg’s new play, at the Pershing Square Signature Center. The play tells the story of Lorraine, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Heiner Goebbels’ EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED AND WOULD HAPPEN philosophically takes on human history on a huge scale

Yesterday evening, for the second night in a row (after having attended Triptych at the Brooklyn Academy of Music), I paid witness to a fascinating, large-scale theatrical fusion. That’s because I attended … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – TRIPTYCH sets Robert Mapplethorpe’s provocative photography to radiant music and poetry

Over at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House, just in time for Pride Month, comes Triptych (Eyes of One on Another). The hybrid performance piece explores the provocative photography … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sean Donovan’s CABIN offers up unfocused experimental theater

Last night, I caught Sean Donovan’s new play Cabinat the Bushwick Starr. The piece was previously seen in January as an offering at the Public Theater’s 2019 Under the Radar … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Dave Malloy’s soulful a cappella musical OCTET is odd but spellbinding

One of the most unique musicals to open so far this year is Dave Malloy’s Octet, which is currently running Off-Broadway at the Pershing Square Signature Center, courtesy of Signature … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Selina Fillinger’s confident new play SOMETHING CLEAN marks the arrival of an important new voice

Also last week, Selina Fillinger’s new play Something Clean opened Off-Broadway at the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, courtesy of Roundabout Underground. Roundabout Underground … Continue Reading →