THE HANGOVER REPORT – Steven Levenson’s pedestrian new play DAYS OF RAGE portrays revolution as teenage soap opera

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to take in Days of Rage, a new play by Steven Levenson (of Dear Evan Hansen fame), which is currently playing Off-Broadway at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kate Tarker’s word-drunk satire THUNDERBODIES gets its point across by flailing and rampaging, unstintingly

This weekend, I caught Kate Tarker’s hallucinatory new play Thunderbodies at Soho Rep. The play is set in some sort of vague alternate reality – the U.S. has just ended a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mobile Unit’s fun-loving A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM is as light as air, and it’s a blast

Sometimes the Mobile Unit treatment can result in productions of Shakespeare that arguably compromise the scope and complexity of some of the Bard’s plays by streamlining, cutting, and speeding through … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Transport Group’s unlikely and uneven new musical RENASCENCE sounds exultant

You can always count on Transport Group for unexpected, out-of-the-box theatrical experiences (those of you who saw the theater company’s six-hour, one-man version of Eugene O’Neill’s monster of a play … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mia Chung’s world premiere play CATCH AS CATCH CAN captures the fragility of family dynamics in a stylish, polished production

Earlier this week at the New Ohio Theatre in the West Village, I had the chance to take in the world premiere production of Mia Chung’s new play Catch as … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl ignite Harvey Fierstein’s trailblazing TORCH SONG for a new generation of Broadway theatergoers

In terms of dramatizing the fringes of human sexuality, it’s fascinating to see how far the dialogue has come since Harvey Fierstein’s Tony-winning Torch Song (formerly known as Torch Song Trilogy), the triumphantly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Miranda Rose Hall’s very current PLOT POINTS IN OUR SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT is disarmingly honest, and is must-see theater

I recently had a chance to catch Miranda Rose Hall’s new play Plot Points in Our Sexual Development in a production by Lincoln Center Theater at the Claire Tow Theater. I … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Orlando Pabotoy’s lovingly recounted semi-autobiographical solo show SESAR is authentic, dreamy

I recently had the opportunity to catch Orlando Pabotoy’s moving one-man show Sesar, presented by Ma-Yi Theater Company at Theatre Row. The sentimental yet clear-eyed play, written and starring Mr. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Adam Gwon’s tender ORDINARY DAYS is the ideal love letter to New York and its eclectic denizens

Currently at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, Keen Company is presenting the first New York revival of Adam Gwon’s 2008 musical Ordinary Days. The musical tells the intersecting story of four New Yorkers as they … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – INDIA PALE ALE & THE NICETIES: MTC unveils a pair of timely and polished, if labored, new plays

Over the last week, Manhattan Theatre Club unveiled a pair of polished, if labored, new Off-Broadway plays at New York City Center. On paper, both promised to be timely stories from … Continue Reading →