VIEWPOINTS – A trio of Off-Broadway shows that play with form: Jacob Perkins’ THE GOLD ROOM, SITI Company’s WAR OF THE WORLDS, and Dead Centre’s CHEKHOV’S FIRST PLAY

Blink and you might miss them. Amidst a very busy fall theater season, I was able to catch a trio of Off-Broadway shows that played with theatrical form to fascinating … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Cameron Crowe’s musical version of ALMOST FAMOUS is a freewheeling ode to rock ‘n’ roll and the experiences that form us

Last night, Cameron Crowe’s musical adaptation of his own film Almost Famous opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (Crowe won an Academy Award for penning the screenplay … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Gabriel Byrne candidly excavates his past by wistfully WALKING WITH GHOSTS

Last night at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre, I attended Walking with Ghosts, Gabriel Byrne’s candid one man show based on his written memoir of the same name. The 72-year-old Irish … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In Primary Stages’ production of PEERLESS, playwright Jiehae Park cleverly mashes “Macbeth” with “Heathers”

This past weekend, I also attended a performance of Primary Stages’ Off-Broadway production of peerless by Jiehae Park at 59E59 Theaters. Based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the play is a clever … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jim Parsons is affectingly restrained in John Doyle’s intimate revival of Ahrens and Flaherty’s A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

Last night, Classic Stage Company’s highly anticipated 20th anniversary revival of Lynn Ahrens (lyrics), Stephen Flaherty (music), and the late Terrance Mcnally’s (book) A Man of No Importance opened Off-Broadway … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Thomas Ostermeier’s German-language HAMLET impulsively plays up the madness, shifting the focus of the Bard’s play

The Brooklyn Academy of Music scored an impressive coup this past week by simultaneously presenting both Ivo van Hove’s Dutch stage adaptation of A Little Life and Thomas Ostermeier’s audacious … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Birneys gorgeously bring Joseph Dougherty’s haunting two-hander CHESTER BAILEY to life

On the heels, of attending the superb revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog, I found myself in the audience of another affecting two-hander – this time Off-Broadway – by way of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – For its 20th anniversary, Suzan-Lori Parks’ blistering Pulitzer Prize-winning TOPDOG/UNDERDOG returns to Broadway, triumphantly

For its 20th anniversary, Suzan-Lori Parks’ blistering Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece Topdog/Underdog has triumphantly returned to the Great White Way (has it really been that long?) at the John Golden Theatre. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Hare’s wordy STRAIGHT LINE CRAZY starring Ralph Fiennes presents a well-balanced portrait of Robert Moses

Last night, David Hare’s Straight Line Crazy opened at The Shed in Hudson Yards. The production originated in London at the Bridge Theatre, where it proved to be a hot … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Robert O’Hara’s grim, deliberately-acted dissection of A RAISIN IN THE SUN opens at the Public Theater

Last night, The Public Theater’s revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun opened Off-Broadway at the Newman Theater. A fascinating companion piece to Elevator Repair Service’s historically-culled production … Continue Reading →