THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alesha Harris’s electric WHAT TO SEND UP WHEN IT COMES DOWN is a rageful prayer from a bruised community

This past weekend at A.R.T./New York Theatres, I caught Movement Theatre Company’s What to Send Up When It Comes Down by Aleshea Harris. The performance piece is a powerful response … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lauren Gunderson’s sly, uneven new play NATURAL SHOCKS features a game, likeable Pascale Armand

Last night, I caught the final Off-Broadway performance of Lauren Gunderson’s sly, uneven new play Natural Shocks at WP Theater. The one-woman play – which stars a game Pascale Armand … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alexi Kaye Campbell’s pungent APOLOGIA features a magnificent Stockard Channing as both hero and monster

I recently had a chance to catch the New York premiere of Alexi Kaye Campbell’s 2009 play Apologia at the Laura Pels Theatre, courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. The raison d’être for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kerry Washington and Steven Pasquale combust in AMERICAN SON, Christopher Demos-Brown’s timely and agenda-driven new play

There’s no denying the intensity that drives American Son, the timely and agenda-driven new play by Christopher Demos-Brown which recently opened on Broadway at the Booth Theatre. Set in the middle of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two hugely entertaining productions return for encore runs: Mike Birbiglia’s THE NEW ONE and Jocelyn Bioh’s SCHOOL GIRLS

This fall, two hugely entertaining and rewarding productions returned to New York for encore runs – Mike Birbiglia’s The New One and Jocelyn Bioh’s School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play. Mr. Birbiglia’s The New … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The 2018 edition of INNER VOICES remains a unique and worthwhile musical theater sub-genre, despite being a mixed bag

It’s always a fascinating treat to watch the biennial Off-Broadway mounting of Inner Voices at TBG’s Mainstage Theatre. These one-act solo musicals function like soliloquies set to music, a format … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Samuel D. Hunter’s masterpiece LEWISTON/CLARKSTON is intimate theater on epic themes

Last night at Off-Broadway’s Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, I caught what may well be the best new American play of the year, Samuel D. Hunter’s Lewiston/Clarkston. The piece is actually comprised … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – TWO BY FRIEL: A pair of one-act plays about the potency and fragility of love from the Irish master quietly beguiles

It’s been a while since I’ve caught a Brian Friel play. The late great Irish playwright (he passed away in 2015 and is strongly missed), one of the indisputable masters … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Raul Esparza electrifies in John Doyle’s focused, relevant revival of THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI

This afternoon, I caught John Doyle’s exceptional revival of Bertolt Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui for Classic Stage Company. As translated by George Tabori, the episodic, eventful play tells the story of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jez Butterworth’s magnificent THE FERRYMAN has arrived on Broadway, and it’s a meaty masterpiece

I recently caught Jez Butterworth’s meaty new play The Ferryman, which has crossed the pond and arrived in New York, where it has docked at Broadway’s Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. The play … Continue Reading →