THE HANGOVER REPORT – Keith Bunin’s THE COAST STARLIGHT barrages playgoers with what-ifs, stitching together an invigorating tapestry of possibilities

Earlier this week, Lincoln Center Theater’s production of The Coast Starlight by Keith Bunin opened Off-Broadway at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater. Set primarily in a single car of commuter … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The musical adaptation of THE HARDER THEY COME sounds fantastic but suffers from muddled storytelling

Last night, Suzan-Lori Parks and Jimmy Cliff’s musical adaptation of The Harder They Come opened at the Newman at the Public Theater. Based on the 1972 Jamaican crime film of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Agnes Borinsky’s beguiling if confounding THE TREES brings together Samuel Beckett and Sesame Street

Last night, I had the opportunity to catch up with Agnes Borinsky’s new play The Trees at Playwrights Horizons’ mainstage. A co-production with Page 73 — another theater company with a strong … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The goofball charms of the confidently crafted DOG MAN: THE MUSICAL shines through

Earlier this week, TheaterWorksUSA’s production of Dog Man: The Musical opened Off-Broadway at New World Stages. For the uninitiated, the Dog Man franchise originated as a series of 10 graphic … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART returns to the McKittrick, where it once again casts an intoxicating spell

Last night, the National Theatre of Scotland’s immersive production of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart triumphantly returned to New York for a limited engagement at the McKittrick Hotel’s Club … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of British plays address pressing socio-economic matters: Alexander Zeldin’s LOVE and Arinze Kene’s MISTY

Over the course the last few days, I attended a pair of London-born plays that seek to address pressing socio-economic matters. Although these works were written as reactions to specific … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Working through grief: Mark O’Halloran’s CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEX and Sam Morrison’s SUGAR DADDY

Over the past weekend, I took in a pair of shows that dealt with the process of working through grief. Here are my thoughts. CONVERSATIONS AFTER SEXIrish Arts CenterClosed First … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Soho Rep’s production of PUBLIC OBSCENITIES by Shayok Misha Chowdhury gorgeously marches to it’s own drum

Last night, I attended Soho Rep’s Off-Broadway production of Public Obscenities by Shayok Misha Chowdhury. Chowdhury’s new play — which is co-presented by the National Asian American Theater — tells the story … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ryan J. Haddad’s DARK DISABLED STORIES sheds exposing light on the realities of the disabled

Also tonight, Ryan J. Haddad’s new play Dark Disabled Stories opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater. Essentially, the play is a collection of autobiographical vignettes about living life with a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jessica Chastain takes on Nora in Jamie Lloyd’s stripped-down, clear-eyed Broadway revival of Ibsen’s A DOLL’S HOUSE

Tonight, the hotly anticipated revival of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House starring Academy Award-winning actress Jessica Chastain opened on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre. For those of you unfamiliar with … Continue Reading →