THE HANGOVER REPORT – Melis Aker’s HOUND DOG predictably explores the perils of cross cultural identity

Earlier this week, Melis Aker’s Hound Dog opened Off-Broadway at Greenwich House courtesy of Ars Nova and PlayCo, a pair of theater companies well versed in incubating and presenting up-and-coming … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Melissa Etheridge’s amiable theatrical memoir MY WINDOW generously chronicles the rocker’s life and career

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to catch My Window: A Journey Through Life, Melissa Etheridge’s new Off-Broadway mostly-solo show at New World Stages. Set in the mold of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ivo van Hove’s focused, emotionally naked stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s devastating A LITTLE LIFE cuts deeply

Last night at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, I settled in for a long night at the theater to take in the much talked about stage adaptation of Hanya … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Emma Rice’s maximalist stage adaptation of WUTHERING HEIGHTS ecstatically channels the heightened emotions of Emily Brontë’s novel

Last night over at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood, I attended Wise Children’s theatrical rendition of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (the staging is a a co-production with the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning THE PIANO LESSON returns to Broadway, sturdily staged and acted

Last night, the eagerly awaited revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, headlined by film star Samuel L. Jackson and directed by his wife … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Douglas McGrath’s sweet, unapologetically old fashioned theatrical memoir EVERYTHING’S FINE wistfully conjures childhood memories

Last night, Douglas McGrath’s new play Everything’s Fine opened Off-Broadway at the DR2 Theatre just off of Union Square. Mr. McGrath is perhaps best known for penning the book for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kareem Fahmy’s new play dissects a marriage under duress by drawing paranormal parallels to DODI & DIANA

This past weekend, I ventured down to Soho to catch a performance of Kareem Fahmy’s Dodi and Diana. The Colt Coeur world premiere is being hosted by HERE courtesy of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Radically reconsidered revivals of American warhorses arrive on Broadway for limited runs: DEATH OF A SALESMAN and 1776

This past weekend, I caught — in quick succession — a pair of radically reconsidered revivals of staples of American theater, both of which have arrived on the Great White … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tom Stoppard’s panoramic, deeply personal LEOPOLDSTADT gorgeously excavates the playwright’s Jewish heritage

This past week at the Longacre Theatre, I attended Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard, arguably our greatest living English playwright (his plays include masterworks like The Real Thing, The Coast of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Constanza Macras and DorkyPark’s dance theater hybrid OPEN FOR EVERYTHING is an unruly explosion of Romani community and life

Last night at the Harvey Theater at BAM Strong, I attended the opening night of DorkyPark’s Open for Everything, the chaotic second offering of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2022 … Continue Reading →