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 →

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 →