VIEWPOINTS – This summer, two oversized spectacles double as Broadway-style musicals

This summer – just in time for tourist season – New Yorkers are being treated to two huge spectacles, Radio City Music Hall’s New York Spectacular (the legendary venue’s summertime … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The late Elizabeth Swados’s messy, urgent RUNAWAYS, in a revival via Encores! Off-Center, throbs and thrills

In 1978, the late Elizabeth Swados, who sadly passed away this January, penned Runaways, the throbbing, improbable Tony-nominated musical about young runaways living on the streets of New York City. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – This summer, two very fine Off-Broadway plays depict men in crises

On Broadway, the great – and recently Tony-winning – Reed Birney is currently giving audiences a bleak peak at male anxiety in Stephen Karam’s extraordinary play The Humans. But he’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Young talent impresses in the York’s revival of YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

Before it closed last weekend, I had a chance to take in the York Theatre Company’s revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Clark Gesner’s musical based on the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nick Payne’s inquisitive and skillfully-written INCOGNITO is engrossing

I recently had a chance to take in Nick Payne’s Incognito, which is currently being mounted by Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center. Better known in England, Mr. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Dillie Keane’s HELLO, DILLIE! captivatingly explores love, warts and all

Currently concluding its run at 59E59 Theaters is Dillie Keane’s intimate and sharply drawn cabaret set Hello, Dillie! Ms. Keane is perhaps best known on this side of the pond … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A recent trip to Chicago proves that its reputation as a world class theater town remains intact

The Windy City is widely known as one of the theater capitals of the world. From venerated institutions like the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the Goodman Theatre to scrappy, wildly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Philip Ridley’s seductive RADIANT VERMIN burns brightly at 59E59

Last night I caught Philip Ridley’s Radiant Vermin, which is currently burning brightly at 59E59 Theaters.  Mr. Ridley’s work has gotten great exposure this past year – his intense and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Halley Feiffer’s latest effort finds the playwright continuing to explore distressed parent-child relationships

Last night at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, I caught Halley Feiffer’s latest, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mark O’Rowe’s new version of HEDDA GABLER scintillates at DC’s Studio Theatre

Over at Washington, DC’s Studio Theatre, I recently caught a full throttle revival of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler in a scintillating new version by Irish playwright Mark O’Rowe. Mr. O’Rowe’s work … Continue Reading →