VIEWPOINTS – Women on the verge: Caitlin Saylor Stephens’ FIVE MODELS IN RUINS, 1981 and Natalie Margolin’s ALL NIGHTER

The young women in Kimberly Belflower’s terrific John Proctor Is the Villain aren’t the only women going through onstage breakdowns. This week, I was able to catch two Off-Broadway plays … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Norm Lewis digs deep in the hard-hitting revival of Lonne Elder III’s rarely performed CEREMONIES IN DARK OLD MEN

This past weekend at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, I had the opportunity to attend a performance of Peccadillo Theater Company’s revival of Lonne Elder III’s rarely performed Ceremonies in … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Revisiting classic musicals: Encores! revival of WONDERFUL TOWN and Roundabout’s rejiggered PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL

This spring, two productions of well known musicals attempt to make a case for arguably creaky material, thereby exhibiting just how much leeway there is in the act of reviving … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – IRISHTOWN parodies both Irish playwriting and the process of making theater, often to very funny effect

This spring, Irish Repertory Theater has made the wise decision to lighten up the mood (because we all need levity during these strained, crazy times!) by presenting a rare comedy … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Were they worth it?: The stars jack up the prices for Broadway’s OTHELLO, GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, and GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

Currently on Broadway, a trio of plays have been criticized for capitalizing on the A-list actors starring in them, jacking up ticket prices to levels inaccessible to most theatergoers. Here … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – STRANGER THINGS: THE FIRST SHADOW is the theatrical equivalent of a summer Hollywood blockbuster

Last night at the Marquis Theatre, I caught up with the Broadway transfer of the theatrical prequel to the hit science fiction television series Stranger Things. Entitled Stranger Things: The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The dutiful musical version of REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES has ample heart and melody

Over at the James Earl Jones Theatre, you’ll find the latest incarnation of Josefina López’s 1990 play Real Women Have Curves — this time around, it’s the musical version of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In VANYA, Andrew Scott singlehandedly takes on a Chekhov classic with brilliant panache, mining its humanity

This past weekend, I finally caught up with Andrew Scott’s much talked about performance in Vanya at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre. First seen across the pond in London, the show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jonathan Groff is spectacular as Bobby Darin in the hugely enjoyable bio-musical JUST IN TIME

I also recently had the opportunity to catch Just in Time, the new Broadway musical at Circle in the Square that chronicles the life of pop star and teen idol … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the bittersweet HOLD ME IN THE WATER, Ryan J. Haddad candidly shares an autobiographical episode of love and romance

Over at Playwrights Horizons, you’ll be able to find Ryan J. Haddad’s bittersweet Hold Me in the Water, the latest in the the playwright/actor’s growing collection of autobiographical solo shows … Continue Reading →