THE HANGOVER REPORT – At SoHo Playhouse, Gabe Mollica’s SOLO dissects male friendship with sneaky rigor and unassuming charm

Last night, I attended Gabe Mollica’s Off-Broadway one-man show Solo, which is currently enjoying an extended run at the charmingly vintage SoHo Playhouse. In essence, the show — which has … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel’s dreary new musical CORNELIA STREET is tonally off, despite a few genuinely affecting moments

Last night, the anticipated new musical Cornelia Street opened Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2, Atlantic Stage Company’s snug subterranean space on 16th Street. With a book by acclaimed playwright Simon … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Soho Rep’s vividly theatrical, dynamic staging of Hansol Jung’s explosive WOLF PLAY returns Off-Broadway courtesy of MCC Theater

Last night, Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play returned Off-Broadway courtesy of MCC Theater. The production previously played New York at Soho Rep (in a co-presentation by Ma-Yi Theater Company), that tiny … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nora Burns’ THE VILLAGE channels disco, Charles Busch, and “Our Town” in its giddy resuscitation of late 1970s New York

Last night at Dixon Place in the Lower East Side, I attended the Off-Off-Broadway production of The Village, A Disco Daydream by stalwart downtown theater artist Nora Burns. Largely set … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stellar performances and a crisp production bring out the best in LUCY, Erica Schmidt’s domestic tug-of-war play

This past weekend, I attended a performance of the new play Lucy by Erica Schmidt. Presented by Audible Theater (which has taken up residence Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre), … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Anthony Rapp reminisces on love and loss in his heartfelt theatrical memoir WITHOUT YOU

This past week at Off-Broadway’s New World Stages, I had a chance to catch up with Anthony Rapp’s Without You. Adapted from his memoir of the same name, Rapp’s immensely … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sharr White’s stage adaptation of Larry Sultan’s PICTURES FROM HOME is only half convincing as drama

Last night, Sharr White’s stage adaptation of Larry Sultan’s 1992 photo memoir Pictures from Home  opened on Broadway at Studio 54. In essence, Sharr’s play is a family drama that excavates … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Wakka Wakka’s production of THE IMMORTAL JELLYFISH GIRL is ingenious, inspired puppet theater through and through

This past week on the main stage of 59E59, I attended the wildly titled The Immortal Jellyfish Girl. The Off-Broadway production (which has been extended through February 19) comes to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Livian Yeh’s MEMORIAL is a fascinating if telegraphed chronicle of the Vietnam Memorial

Earlier this week at the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres in Hell’s Kitchen, I caught up with Livian Yeh’s Memorial, the latest offering from Off-Broadway’s Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stephen Adly Guirgis’s blistering dark comedy BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY arrives on Broadway

This past weekend at the Helen Hayes Theater, I caught up with the belated Broadway edition of Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Between Riverside and Crazy. A Pulitzer Prize winner in 2015, … Continue Reading →