VIEWPOINTS – Theatrical manifestations of cultural icons: Peter Danish’s LAST CALL and Michael Walek’s HAVE YOU MET JANE GOODALL AND HER MOTHER?

This past weekend, I was able to take in a pair of Off-Broadway plays that conjured theatrical manifestations of twentieth century icons of art and science, albeit in drastically different … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nia Akilah Robinson unearths inter-generational woes in Soho Rep’s production of THE GREAT PRIVATION

Now that Soho Rep has moved uptown to Hell’s Kitchen — namely, to Playwrights Horizons’ upstairs Peter Jay Sharp Theater — the company has officially entered a new chapter in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A nervous contemporary energy and a superb Paul Mescal drive a rebalanced STREETCAR

Last night, the highly anticipated Almeida Theatre revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater. The production arrives on our shores … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An unfussy new translation and top tier acting distinguish Lincoln Center Theater’s revival of Ibsen’s GHOSTS

In the coming weeks, an onslaught of starry, high profile revivals are slated to open Off-Broadway, starting with last night’s official opening of Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Ghosts by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Youthful vitality and undiminished human spirit shine through in THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT

Last night, The Jonathan Larson Project opened Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theater. Conceived by Jennifer Ashley Tepper as an homage to the late creator of the iconic Pulitzer- and Tony-winning … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Dead behind the eyes: Assessing Anne Imhof’s massive, immersive, and multidisciplinary DOOM: HOUSE OF HOPE

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to take in Anne Imhof’s highly anticipated Doom: House of Hope at the Park Avenue Armory. To be sure, Imhof’s latest project — … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lisa Sanaye Dring’s dutifully written SUMO is a fascinating glimpse into the rarefied world of elite sumo wrestling

Last night, Lisa Sanaye Dring‘s Sumo opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater’s Anspacher Theater in a co-production by the Public Theater, Ma-Yi Theater Company, and La Jolla Playhouse. In short, Dring’s new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The New Age musical AVALONA is a vague, occasionally stirring re-consideration of the musical theater form

Then over at the Sanctuary at St. Paul and St. Andrew on the Upper West Side, you’ll find the New Age Off-Broadway musical Avalona: A Musical Legend. In essence, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stars take on Sam Shepard’s explosive but meandering CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS, still a relevant allegory for our times

This past weekend, I had the opportunity of attending The New Group’s starry Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s 1978 play Curse of the Starving Class at the Pershing Square Signature … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sit-com writing detracts from the credibility of D.A. Mindell’s ON THE EVOLUTIONARY FUNCTION OF SHAME

This winter season marks the beginning of a new era for Second Stage Theater — an evolution, if you will — with the opening of D.A. Mindell’s On the Evolutionary … Continue Reading →