THE HANGOVER REPORT – The mesmerizing and devastating REQUEST CONCERT is an exquisite exercise in hyper-realism

Last weekend, as part of the ongoing Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, I was able attend the remount and reboot of the installation-cum-theater piece entitled Request … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – En Garde Arts’ earnest, well-meaning WILDERNESS is ultimately dull theater

I recently had a chance to catch Seth Bockley and Anne Hamburger’s Wilderness, which is currently running at Abrons Arts Center. This earnest and well-meaning play is a pseudo-documentary piece … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – SLUMBER is vapid Halloween entertainment, and it’s mostly irresistible

To get into the Halloween spirit, I journeyed all the way to Bushwick from Hell’s Kitchen to catch a performance of Slumber, courtesy of the circus arts troop Hideaway, at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mikhail Baryshnikov fails to register as Nijinsky in Robert Wilson’s LETTER TO A MAN

What a shame. There was so much promise in the concept of having Mikhail Baryshnikov – one of the great movers of our time – play the legendary dancer Vaslav … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – William Finn and James Lapine’s FALSETTOS once again sings on Broadway, albeit in a different America

As much as I am thrilled to see Falsettos back on Broadway (where the Lincoln Center Theater revival opened last night at the Walter Kerr Theatre), the question remains: why … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Cirque du Soleil’s big top shows continue to be its main artistic draw

Since the beginning of summer, I’ve seen four Cirque du Soleil shows – three of them here in New York. Watching these Cirque shows in relatively quick succession has given me … Continue Reading →

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 →