THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sondheim’s singular SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE receives a starry, sparkling revival at City Center

I recently had the privilege of being in the audience of New York City Center’s sparkling revival of Stephen Sondheim’s singular Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George, a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A quartet of fascinating new Off-Broadway plays prove that American playwriting is alive and well

The fall theater season is now in full gear, and I’m happy report that so far I’ve come across a fascinating sampling of new plays, proving to me that American playwriting … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nancy Anderson stuns in “The Pen”, an entry in this year’s edition of INNER VOICES

As with any collection of new works, this year’s edition of Inner Voices (lovingly described in the program as “intimate and dramatic monologues of friendship, fear, and fantasy”) is almost … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Harrower’s lean, efficient PUBLIC ENEMY packs a punch in The Pearl’s revival

Last weekend, I had a chance to take in The Pearl Theatre Company’s timely revival of Henrik Ibsen’s Public Enemy (more commonly translated to English as “An Enemy of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Broadway revival of THE FRONT PAGE is ultimately cast iron entertainment

Last night, the revival of Hecht and MacArthur’s 1928 The Front Page opened on the Great White Way at the Broadhurst Theatre. Set in 1920’s Chicago, the madcap play is a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Company XIV’s PARIS! is one of its most riotously entertaining outings yet

I think of Company XIV shows in the same way I do of those Cirque du Soleil extravaganzas. Once you’ve seen one of them, viewings of subsequent shows start to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Horton Foote’s warm, bittersweet THE ROADS TO HOME is a rich love letter to Harrison, TX

I always cherish my trips to the fictitious Texas town of Harrison via the late, great Horton Foote’s plays. Although Mr. Foote almost always set his engrossing, gentle plays in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mike Bartlett’s LOVE, LOVE, LOVE is a brilliant love story for our times

Mike Bartlett’s surprising multi-generational love story Love, Love, Love opened last night at Off-Broadway’s Laura Pels Theatre, courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. With this latest play, Mr. Bartlett takes a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Simon Stephens’ deceptively straightforward HEISENBERG is anything but

When I first saw Simon Stephens’ two hander Heisenberg a little more than a year ago (also produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in one of its Off-Broadway spaces at City Center), … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The risks and rewards of high concept revivals: TACT’s SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER vs. Roundabout’s THE CHERRY ORCHARD

High concept revivals can be thrilling affairs. Take last season’s Tony-winning revival of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, in which Belgian avant-garde theater director Ivo van Hove stripped … Continue Reading →