VIEWPOINTS – A pair of beguiling original musicals open Off-Broadway: Dave Malloy’s THREE HOUSES and Zoe Sarnak’s THE LONELY FEW

Last night, a pair of beguiling new musicals opened Off-Broadway, both of which distinguish themselves for being completely original (i.e., not based on pre-existing books, films, albums, etc.). As per … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN exuberantly brings the D&D gaming experience to the stage, to the delight of non-traditional audiences

One of the more fascinating ventures in commercial theater this spring is Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern, which recently opened Off-Broadway at Stage 42. In essence, the production attempts to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – History made fun: Out of the Forest’s BORIS III irreverently illuminates a little known episode in WWII’s web of events

New York theatergoers know that spring is well underway when 59E59 Theaters’s Brits Off-Broadway festival starts churning out performances. One of the centerpieces of this year’s crop of Fringe offerings … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sassy and tender, Laura Winters’ surprisingly pointed ALL OF ME is a tale of boy meets girl, with a twist

This spring, The New Group is presenting the New York premiere of Laura Winter’s new play All of Me at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. First seen at Barrington Stage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – All’s not well in Illyria: Axis Theatre puts on an elegantly truncated, unsettled TWELFTH NIGHT

Cozily tucked in an intimate basement-level performance space in the West Village, you’ll find a terrific Off-Broadway theater company known as Axis Theatre Company, a scrappy institution which over the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maia Novi navigates multiple realities in her hallucinatory, hyperactive new play INVASIVE SPECIES

Last night, Maia Novi’s Invasive Species opened Off-Broadway at The Vineyard’s Dimson Theatre (the presentation is a commercial rental and is not to be confused for a Vineyard Theatre production). … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Addressing modern day anxieties: Abe Koogler’s STAFF MEAL and S. Asher Gelman’s SCARLETT DREAMS

Currently Off-Broadway, you’ll be able to catch a pair of world premiere plays that, in their respective ways, deal with modern day anxieties. Here is my assessment on these new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Led by Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, London’s hotly anticipated CABARET descends on Broadway, mis-judged

It’s fascinating to gauge how much of a delicate balance live theater can be. For example, take the current Broadway of revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s classic musical Cabaret (which … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Documentary theater at its best: The National Theatre’s sobering production of GRENFELL at St. Ann’s Warehouse

Last night, I ventured out to St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn to catch Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors by Gillian Slovo. First presented across the pond at London’s highly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rachel McAdams is luminous in the Broadway edition of Amy Herzog’s quietly harrowing play MARY JANE

This week, I was able to catch up with the Broadway edition of Mary Jane by Amy Herzog. Presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, the deeply human … Continue Reading →