VIEWPOINTS – Going to emotional extremities at SoHo Playhouse’s INTERNATIONAL FRINGE ENCORE SERIES

Over the past week or so, I took in a pair of shows at SoHo Playhouse‘s International Fringe Encore Series, a welcome opportunity for New Yorkers to bask in the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nowhere to hide: Director Jack Serio brings intense intimacy to Ruby Thomas’s THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Over the course of the last year or so, director Jack Serio has been quietly making a splash with auteur-like productions like his atmospheric staging of Rita Kalnejais’s This Beautiful Future and, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s PUBLIC OBSCENITIES successfully transfers to TFANA, superb cast in tow

This past weekend, I revisited Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s fascinating new play Public Obscenities at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, courtesy of Theatre for a New Audience (as well as the Woolly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Gabby Beans captivates in JONAH, Rachel Bonds’ slippery meditation on trauma and abuse

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Jonah by Rachel Bonds opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre. Starring an utterly captivating Gabby Beans (who all but stole the show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Patrick Page gives a lucid overview of Shakespearean villainry in ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE

Earlier this week, I finally caught up with Patrick Page’s solo show All the Devils Are Here playing Off-Broadway at DR2 Theatre. Originally conceived during the dark days of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kelli O’Hara and Brian d’Arcy James are exquisitely devastating in the Broadway transfer of DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

Last night, the musical adaptation of Days of Wine and Roses arrived on the Great White Way at Studio 54 after having enjoyed a sold out run Off-Broadway last year … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Eric Berryman artfully co-inhabits Black Oral Tradition in GET YOUR ASS IN THE WATER AND SWIM LIKE ME

Earlier this weekend, I ventured down to The Performing Garage in Soho to attend The Wooster Group’s production of Eric Berryman’s Get Your Ass in the Air and Swim Like … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A perfectly cast Sutton Foster leads the spirited Encores! revival of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at City Center

Last night at New York City Center, the revered Encores! series opened its 2024 season with a bang with the opening of its highly anticipated revival of Once Upon a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – More UNDER THE RADAR 2024: Concluding with a flurry of presentations that challenge established boundaries and perspectives

This past weekend, Under the Radar 2024 successfully concluded with a flurry of presentations that outright challenged established boundaries and perspectives. As per usual, here are my thoughts. CULTURAL EXCHANGE … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – PROTOTYPE 2024: Immersing audiences in out-of-the box experiences and beguiling new soundscapes

If you’re a fan of adventurous opera and music theater, you’ll likely be familiar with Prototype, an annual festival which for over a decade has produced an accomplished collection of … Continue Reading →