THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh’s intimate musical two-hander LOS OTROS vividly charts love and life through the 20th century

Last night, Michael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh’s music theater piece Los Otros opened Off-Broadway at A.R.T./New York Theatres in Hell’s Kitchen. First staged about a decade ago at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An exuberant, well-oiled KINKY BOOTS returns to New York in understandably downscaled fashion

Last week, the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots returned to New York at Stage 42 (formerly the Little Shubert). Although the beloved original Broadway production shuttered just three years ago in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Clarence Coo poetically excavates memory, love, and art in the issue-conscious ON THAT DAY IN AMSTERDAM

I recently had the chance to take in Primary Stages’ latest premiere, Clarence Coo‘s On that Day in Amsterdam. The new play — which is currently in performance at 59E59 … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Johnny G. Lloyd’s philosophical new play PATIENCE explores the choices that make up life through the lens of Black excellence

This week, Johnny G. Lloyd’s Patience opened Off-Broadway at the McGinn/Cazale Theater in the Upper West Side courtesy of Second Stage Theater’s “Uptown” series, which is currently celebrating its 20th … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The ambitious but murky musical adaptation of THE BUTCHER BOY dives headlong into the psyche of a disturbed youth

This past weekend at the Irish Repertory Theatre in Chelsea, I attended the premiere of the Off-Broadway musical adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s dark 1992 novel The Butcher Boy. The new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An uneven revival of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF updates the ever-caustic Tennessee Williams play to the present

Over at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, you’ll find the Off-Broadway revival (the play’s first, believe it or not) of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. For those … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – ArtsDistrict Brooklyn uses technology to engage the senses and immerse visitors: LIMITLESS AI, SÉANCE, and FLIGHT

This summer, I had the opportunity of paying a visit to ArtsDistrict Brooklyn. Located in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood, the new venue was built to be a home for large-scale digital installations … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The deliriously silly TITANIQUE is a smart, giddy musical parody that hits all the right notes

Last weekend at Asylum NYC (located in the basement of a Gristedes in Chelsea), I had the opportunity to catch Titanique, a jukebox musical parodying James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster film … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stage adaptation of THE KITE RUNNER is mired by dutiful, play-by-play storytelling

One of the first entries of the nascent 2022-2023 Broadway season is Matthew Spangler’s stage adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s seminal 2003 novel The Kite Runner, which I caught this past … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Theater as therapy session: Jade Anouka’s HEART and Aya Ogawa’s THE NOSEBLEED

This past week, I caught two new autobiographical plays that use theater as a sort of therapy session for their respective writer/performer. As per usual, here are my thoughts on … Continue Reading →