THE HANGOVER REPORT – Signature’s production of AT HOME AT THE ZOO: An incisive reminder of Albee’s singular voice

This weekend, I caught Signature Theatre Company’s sharp Off-Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s double bill, At Home at the Zoo: Homelife & The Zoo Story. If anything, the pairing – first staged … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lindsey Ferrentino’s amusing, empowering AMY AND THE ORPHANS has heart to spare

Last night, Lindsey Ferrentino’s rich, amusing family comedy-drama Amy and the Orphans opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre, courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. Lindsey Ferrentino is playwright with plenty of Feelings – … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – BLACK LIGHT & THE BROBOT JOHNSON EXPERIENCE: Two solo musicals that excavate the past (and then some) to seek the truth

I recently attended a performance of Daniel Alexander Jones’s Black Light (RECOMMENDED) at the Public Theater. In this soulful, beguilingly fluttery solo musical, Mr. Jones takes on the persona of the regal Jomama … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jordan Harrison’s THE AMATEURS at the Vineyard is bizarre, wondrous

Last night, Jordan Harrison’s bizarre and absolutely wonderful new play The Amateurs opened at the Vineyard Theatre. I’ve been a fan of Mr. Harrison’s  works in the past; Marjorie Prime at Playwrights Horizons … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – James Inverne’s A WALK WITH HEIFETZ is a serious play about music, history

James Inverne’s A Walk with Heifetz is a play about music, history, and politics. Taking place before and after World War II in pre-Israel Palestine, the play tells the story of how the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jayne Houdyshell and Pascale Armand shine in an otherwise underwhelming RELEVANCE

Last night, JC Lee’s Relevance opened at Off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre. The production is courtesy of MCC Theater, which must be commended, first and foremost, for successfully bringing to the stage, over … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – RETURNING TO REIMS & KINGS: Articulating the frustrations of a broken political system

This weekend, Schaubühne Berlin’s production of Returning to Reims (HGHLY RECOMMENDED) ended its limited run at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn. The play contemplates – in a layered, deeply personal way – the frustrations of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aleshea Harris’s electrifying revenge play IS GOD IS at Soho Rep has room for both street grit and mythic expansiveness

Yesterday, I caught Aleshea Harris’s electrifying spin on the American Western, Is God Is. The play is essentially a revenge story about a pair of African American twins who set out to wreak … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Life Jacket Theatre Company’s AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE is a gentle, tough-minded docudrama

On the heels of The New Group’s sensational production of Jerry Springer: The Opera, I caught Travis Russ’s America Is Hard to See, courtesy of Life Jacket Theatre Company at Off-Broadway’s HERE Arts … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – It was worth the wait: The New Group’s sensational chamber-sized JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA (finally) opens in New York

The New Group’s sensational chamber-sized version of Jerry Springer: The Opera (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) marks the anticipated New York premiere of Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee’s musical-cum-opera adaptation of the notorious talk show of the same … Continue Reading →