THE HANGOVER REPORT – Theater legends Brook and Estienne austerely mull crime/punishment, right/wrong in the elegiac, confounding, but quietly spellbinding THE PRISONER

Over the last few weeks or so, I caught Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord’s production of legendary theater artists Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne’s elegiac The Prisoner. After having played Paris, Yale Rep, the National … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ming Peiffer’s uncompromising USUAL GIRLS is a raw, aggressive dissection of female sexuality (and racism), and it’s shattering theater

Luckily, before heading out of the country for the holidays, I was able to catch one of the final performances of Roundabout Underground’s production of Usual Girls, playwright Ming Peiffer’s aggressively written and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new musical CHRISTMAS IN HELL works as a series of amusing, sophomoric comedic sketches, but not as a coherent musical

I recently had a chance to see Christmas in Hell, a new Off-Broadway musical by Gary Apple presented by York Theatre Company. The musical, which was previously seen at the New … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – William Kentridge’s monumental, sprawling spectacle THE HEAD AND THE LOAD at the Park Avenue Armory was an unsettling, poetic epic

Earlier this month, I caught South African artist William Kentridge’s monumental The Head and the Load at the appropriately massive Drill Hall of the Park Avenue Armory. His visceral, collage-like aesthetic … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The dynamically-staged musical adaptation of CLUELESS is simply breezy entertainment

This winter at the Pershing Square Signature Center, Clueless – that iconic high school flick from the 1990s – has been turned into a stage musical by Amy Heckerling for The New Group. Clueless, an update … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The scrappy new musical THE APPLE BOYS is completely and unexpectedly charming and disarming

This past weekend, I had the great pleasure of catching Jonothon Lyons and Ben Bonnema’s The Apple Boys: A Barbershop Quartet Musical. If the title fails to excite, trust me, the scrappy, completely … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aaron Sorkin’s highly anticipated new stage adaptation of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is solid but not revelatory

Last week, Aaron Sorkin’s highly anticipated – and controversial – world premiere stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s seminal American novel about race relations in this country, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – On Broadway, RUBEN & CLAY’S Christmas modestly-scaled show is a surprisingly sweet, endearing affair

This week, Ruben & Clay’s First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show opened its holiday run at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre. As far as this type of entertainment goes, this one’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Heather Raffo’s NOURA is an intelligent, absorbing contemporary riff on Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”

This week, Heather Raffo’s intelligent and absorbing new play Noura opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons. The play was first seen as part of Women’s Voices Theater Festival, the excellent annual … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeremy O. Harris’s suffocating and disturbed SLAVE PLAY is a rabbit hole from which there is no easy way out

This past weekend, Jeremy O. Harris’s new play Slave Play opened Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. The play tells the story of three interracial couples who try to work … Continue Reading →