THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rajiv Joseph’s espionage thriller DAKAR 2000 comes into focus in its larger philosophical musings

Earlier this week, Rajiv Joseph’s new two-hander Dakar 2000 opened Off-Broadway at New York City Center Stage I, courtesy of Manhattan Theatre Club. In short, the work is a memory … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Samuel D. Hunter’s emotionally bruised GRANGEVILLE is another portrait of damaged souls from Idaho

Earlier this week, Signature Theatre‘a production of Grangeville by Samuel D. Hunter opened Off-Broadway. In essence, the new play tells the story of Arnold and Jerry, two estranged brothers — … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Le Théâtre de l’Entrouvert’s ANYWHERE at HERE is oblique and ritualistic puppet theater

Also this past weekend, I attended a performance of Théâtre de l’Entrouvert and Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival’s presentation of Anywhere, courtesy of of HERE’s Dream Music Puppetry programming. First … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mint Theater Company presents Harold Brighouse’s GARSIDE’S CAREER in the best possible light

This past weekend at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, I also had the chance to take in Mint Theater Company’s rare revival of Harold Brighouse’s 1914 play Garside’s Career. The play tells … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kate Gilmore disarms in SAFE HOUSE, Enda Walsh and Anna Mullarkey’s bleak, surreal song cycle

Last weekend, I ventured once again out to Brooklyn to catch the Abbey Theatre’s production of Safe House at St. Ann’s Warehouse. The unique show — which is being presented … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – TFANA’s luicedly-acted, single-evening HENRY IV emphases intimacy and full engagement with the language

This past week in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, I was able to catch up with Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Henry IV at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center. Despite … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bess Wohl’s LIBERATION grapples with the unresolved strides of the feminist movement from dual perspectives

Last night, Bess Wohl’s deceptively straightforward new play Liberation opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. The work is based on the playwright’s musings about … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Idina Menzel dares to scale emotional and physical heights in the unsettled new musical REDWOOD

One of the more anticipated events of the current Broadway season is the return to the Great White Way of Idina Menzel in the new musical Redwood, which opened last … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NAATCO’s modern verse version of CYMBELINE puts a feminist spin on the Bard’s rarely performed romance

Over at the Lynn F. Angelson Theater (many will recognize the venue as Classic Stage Company’s home base), you’ll find the National Asian American Theatre Company (known simply as “NAATCO” … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Black rage courses through Ian Andrew Askew’s multidisciplinary SLAMDANCE GARAGE

Then there’s SLAMDANCE garage at The Bushwick Starr, Ian Andrew Askew’s unclassifiable solo show that’s been produced in association with ¡Oye! Group. In their multidisciplinary piece, Askew plays with disparate … Continue Reading →