THE HANGOVER REPORT – Phantom Limb Company’s eco-focused MEMORY RINGS at BAM is whimsical, hypnotic

Last night, I attended a performance of New York-based Phantom Limb Company’s Memory Rings, an offering at BAM’s Next Wave Festival. In many ways, this multi-disciplinary defies categorization. Memory Rings, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Derivative theater: Hedging risk or inspired entertainment? A look at SPAMILTON and OTHELLO: THE REMIX

Much like the financial instrument that bears its name, “derivative theater” hedges the risk of total artistic failure of a theatrical adventure. Surely, a piece of theater deriving its very … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jordan Seavey’s HOMOS, OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA is an intimate, candid portrait of a contemporary gay relationship, and it’s magnificent theater

This past weekend, I had the privilege of catching Jordan Seavey’s new play Homos, or Everyone in America via the adventurous Labyrinth Theater Company. The play is an intimate, almost … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Bigger doesn’t always necessarily mean better: The Off-Broadway revivals of FINIAN’S RAINBOW and TICK, TICK… BOOM!

This fall, New Yorkers are being treated to two intimate, heartfelt Off-Broadway musical revivals, demonstrating that bigger – ahem, Broadway musicals – doesn’t necessarily mean better. In fact, I’d argue … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A pair of A.R. Gurney one act world premieres at The Flea marks the end of an era

It was with bittersweet emotions that I walked through the doors of 41 White Street in Tibeca last week. You see, the plays currently in residence, a pair of one … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE GREAT COMET miraculously stays intact on Broadway, and it’s better than ever

I was deeply skeptical that it would work. Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 was one of the seminal musical theater experiences in my theatergoing in recent years. In its … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MJ Kaufman’s precious SAGITTARIUS PONDEROSA feels incomplete

Yesterday evening, I caught a performance of MJ Kaufman’s overly precious Sagittarius Ponderosa at the 3LD Art & Technology Center all the way downtown, courtesy of the National Asian American … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Exploring Identity through Theater (and the Internet): Daniel Alexander Jones’s DUAT and Jenny Rachel Weiner’s KINGDOM COME

This past weekend, I took in two new though-provoking Off-Broadway plays that had me contemplating the very notion of identity. Does gender and sexuality hold claim to it? Does even … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Red Bull’s red-blooded production of CORIOLANUS is timely, must-see Shakespeare

Yesterday at the Barrow Street Theatre, I was able to catch Red Bull Theater’s red-blooded production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, just in time for tomorrow’s election. Even if Coriolanus doesn’t exhibit … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – KRISTIN CHENOWETH’S love letter to Broadway is sweet and sassy

Kristin Chenoweth is at an interesting juncture in her career – no longer Broadway’s brassy ingénue, and not quite ready to graduate to a more mature persona. Therefore, why not put … Continue Reading →