THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rob Roth’s technically astounding hybrid performance piece SOUNDSTAGE mesmerizes at HERE

Last night, the technically astounding multi-media fantasia Soundstage opened Off-Broadway at HERE Arts Center. Conceived, directed, and starring Rob Roth, the immersive fever dream of a production contemplates the drug and alcohol fueled … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Shape-shifters: Mikel Murfi, Kathryn Hunter, and Hershey Felder captivate in their solo shows

Essentially, theater really is just storytelling from different points of view (even if just a single one). At its most distilled, all you need is a bare stage, a performer, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A delicious cast sparkles in a timely revival of Shaw’s HEARTBREAK HOUSE

This week, I caught the Gingold Theatrical Group’s spunky, high concept Off-Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House at the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row, featuring an enticing cast with some … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jen Silverman’s COLLECTIVE RAGE is smart, playful, and oh-so-queer

Last night, MCC Theater’s production of Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties by Jen Silverman opened Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. I hadn’t been familiar with Ms. Silverman’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The amiable VITALY squarely delivers wonders

Last night, I continued my foray into the world of New York’s magic shows with Vitaly: An Evening of Wonders. Certainly, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child continues to wow Broadway audiences not … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Forced Entertainment’s AND ON THE THOUSANDTH NIGHT… is six hours (!) worth forced tedium

This weekend at NYU Skirball, I had the unfortunate task of sitting through six hours of tedium. This came in the form of British theater company Forced Entertainment’s And on the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Public’s boisterous revival of THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS at the Delacorte is loosely, profoundly cathartic

Last night at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, I caught the Public Theater’s unapologetically boisterous revival of the The Gospel at Colonus (the musical premiere at BAM’s 1983 Next Wave Festival and was … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jacob Brandt’s unlikely new musical 1969: THE SECOND MAN is wistful, sweet, and unexpectedly moving

Last night at New York Theatre Workshop (via its relatively new Next Door programming, now in its second year), I attended a performance of 1969: The Second Man, a wistful, sweet, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Raja Feather Kelly’s UGLY, an observant examination of black queer identity vis-à-vis popular culture

Last night, I caught the Bushwick Starr’s first production of its 2018-2019 season, Raja Feather Kelly’s Ugly. In the past, the Brooklyn-based theater company – which is now entering its 10th … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lillian Hellman’s flawed, early-career DAYS TO COME is unsurprisingly given a thoughtful revival by the folks at the Mint

As those of you well-versed in New York’s Off-Broadway theater scene know, the Mint Theater Company fulfills an invaluable mandate. For more than two decades, the institution has been reviving … Continue Reading →