THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aubrey Plaza and Christoper Abbott hurl themselves at DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, to mixed results

One of the hottest tickets in town this fall/winter season is the Off-Broadway revival of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Transporting solo shows: Guy Masterson in A CHRISTMAS CAROL and Wade McCollum in MAKE ME GORGEOUS

This holiday season, I had a chance to take in two vividly acted solo shows that transported me into their respective worlds. Here are my thoughts on them. A CHRISTMAS … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bedlam’s astute revival of Tom Stoppard’s ARCADIA showcases the play’s dazzling brilliance

This past weekend at the West End Theatre in the Upper West Side, I finally caught up with Bedlam’s Off-Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard’s 1993 play Arcadia. Taking place in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Exquisite puppetry vibrantly animates the devastating stage adaptation of LIFE & TIMES OF MICHAEL K

Earlier this week at St. Ann’s Warehouse, I had a chance to attend one of the final performances of the stage adaptation of J.M. Coetzee’s Booker Prize-winning Life & Times … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Drag infiltrates downtown theater: Sasha Velour’s THE BIG REVEAL and ONEOFUS’s SLEEPING BEAUTY

This holiday season, you’ll be able to find drag performances — with all their joy and defiance — infiltrating legitimate theater spaces, particularly those catering to downtown audiences. Read on … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – La Femme Theatre gives Tennessee Williams’ flawed but fascinating THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA a starry, pungent revival

Last night, La Femme Theatre Productions’ starry Off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana opened at the Pershing Square Signature Theater. Written in 1961, the play is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jen Silverman’s slippery new play SPAIN investigates the power of art via propaganda and war

I recently had the chance to catch a performance of Second Stage Theater’s Off-Broadway production of Spain by Jen Silverman on its closing weekend at the Tony Kiser Theater. Set … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Song and Dance: Milo Cramer’s SCHOOL PICTURES and Jenn Freeman’s IS IT THURSDAY YET? artfully animate personal experiences

This past week, I took came across a pair of performances that artfully – through song and dance, respectively – animated personal experiences. Read on for my thoughts on them. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The supremely silly SPAMALOT returns to Broadway, lifted by inspired casting and the general public’s need for escapism

Earlier this fall, the supremely silly musical Spamalot returned to Broadway at the St. James Theatre. The revival arrives in New York by way of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., where … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Awash in urgent music and dance, BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB finds thrilling new life as a stage musical

Last night, the highly anticipated musical incarnation of Buena Vista Social Club opened Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company. As a storytelling-driven adaptation of the … Continue Reading →