THE HANGOVER REPORT – HOUSEWORLD creates a gloriously messy immersive world

When it comes to immersive theater, can you have the best of all worlds? Andrew Hoepfner’s ambitious site-specific Houseworld, which closed last weekend at Brooklyn’s atmospheric San Damiano Mission, thinks … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – At Odds: Theater & Magic

Already this season, three shows, both large and small, have prompted me to contemplate the relationship between magic and theater. These two genres of performance strike me as diametrically and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two timely revivals celebrate Arthur Miller’s centennial

Arthur Miller, one of our great and most-produced playwrights, was born on October 17, 1915 birth, and this year marks the centennial of his birth.  To commemorate this landmark, two … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Women & Shakespeare: Taking ownership of HENRY IV

Perhaps in (subconscious) reaction to the Globe’s incredibly successful “original practices” productions of Twelfth Night and Richard II, in which men take on the women’s roles as was the practice … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dabbling in some experimental theater, for better or worse

You never know what you’re going to get when you dabble in experimental theater. Indeed, this was the case with two avant-garde productions I had both the fortune and misfortune … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Opera is thriving in the unlikeliest of places

The common perception of opera is that it is a static art form, mostly stuck in the past in largely museum-piece productions. However, four productions I caught recently have put … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stage adaptation of MISERY works on its own pulpy terms (or all hail Laurie Metcalf)

Bruce Willis fans, take heed. The main reason to see William Goldman’s stage adaptation of Stephen King’s Misery, which opened last night on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre, is the deliciously … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The dysfunctional family is alive and well in the theater

The dysfunctional family has long been a reliable staple in the theater. Audiences have long flocked to see juicy familial dramas, particularly those featuring domineering matriarchal characters, in plays by … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two plays this fall theater season exemplify how far we’ve come

Two beautifully-acted plays this season have shown New York theatergoers how far gay life has evolved, at least in America, in the last half century or so. Seen together, these … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mac Rogers’ sci-fi saga THE HONEYCOMB TRILOGY is compulsively watchable stuff

One of the pleasant surprises for me in this very busy fall theater season has been Mac Rogers’ compulsively watchable The Honeycomb Trilogy at the Gym at Judson. Before I proceed, … Continue Reading →