THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lauren Yee’s THE GREAT LEAP is entertaining but overly ambitious

This weekend, I caught Lauren Yee’s enjoyable if overly ambitious and eager new play The Great Leap courtesy of Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company at Atlantic Stage 2. I was a fan of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stephen Adly Guirgis’s jazzy, character-driven OUR LADY OF 121ST STREET is sensationally revived

Last night, I caught up with Signature Theatre Company’s sensational revival of Our Lady of 121st Street by Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Stephen Adly Guirgis. I had last seen the character-driven play – which depicts a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – ERC’s TCHAIKOVSKY: NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART lets the tortured composer’s work do the talking, movingly

I recently took in a performance of Ensemble for the Romantic Century’s Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, the company’s final production of its 2017-2018 season, at the Pershing Square Signature … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Anthony Giardina’s DAN CODY’S YACHT is a Shavian treatise, for better or worse

One of the best plays to open in New York in recent seasons was Anthony Giardina’s politically-minded The City of Conversation (starring the late, great, and much-missed Jan Maxwell) staged by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lily Thorne’ limp PEACE FOR MARY FRANCES meanders, despite the presence of the great Lois Smith

This weekend, I caught up with The New Group’s Peace for Mary Frances at the Pershing Square Signature Center. I really wanted to like Lily Thorne’s limp new play concerning … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The superb 50th anniversary revival of THE BOYS IN THE BAND proves that the seminal play remains relevant

Last night, the first Broadway show of the 2018-2019 season opened at the Booth Theatre. Regardless of which season it falls in, Joe Mantello’s superb 50th anniversary revival of Mart Crowley’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep’s production of WOMAN AND SCARECROW is a pitch black comedy from a playwright with an unapologetically gothic sensibility

I recently had a chance to watch a performance of Woman and Scarecrow by Marina Carr – a playwright I hadn’t been familiar with – at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Erin Markey’s athletic two-hander SINGLET is thematic, absurdist entertainment

Tonight, I caught Erin Markey’s latest performance piece, her two-hander Singlet at The Bushwick Starr. Over the last half a dozen years or so, I’ve been tickled and beguiled by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Toshiki Okada’s TIME’S JOURNEY THROUGH A ROOM is an austere, haunting meditation on loss

This afternoon, I took in a performance of Toshiki Okada’s new play Time’s Journey Through a Room at A.R.T/New York Theatres, courtesy of PlayCo. In recent years, PlayCo has been a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kieran Knowles’ OPERATION CRUCIBLE is a confident debut, delivering a masterclass in ensemble acting

Last night, I caught From Ground Up Theatre’s production of Operation Crucible, the confident debut play by Kieran Knowles currently playing as part of the wonderfully curated Brits Off Broadway series at … Continue Reading →