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 →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lightning Rod Special’s audaciously improbable musical THE APPOINTMENT returns Off-Broadway

One of the most improbable theatrical creations of the past five years or so must surely be Lightning Rod Special’s The Appointment, a musical which contextualizes and contemplates what it … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINT – A million ways to tell a story: A recap of UNDER THE RADAR 2023

There are a million ways to tell a story – just ask the folks behind Under the Radar. Returning with a vengeance this January after two years on hiatus, the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINT – PROTOTYPE 2023 continues to be a fertile incubator for the development of important new works of music theater

Last week, I immersed myself in the 2023 edition of Prototype, a weeklong festival of new operas (in the most forward-looking instances of the genre) presented by Beth Morrison Projects … Continue Reading →