VIEWPOINTS – Beguiled by the avant-garde: Off-Off-Broadway’s MY ONLINESS and THIS AND THAT

Speaking from experience, few things can be as deliciously unpredictable as attending Off-Off-Broadway performances. Here are my thoughts on a couple of current avant-garde offerings that had me tantalized by … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Virtuosic solo performances worth catching: David Strathairn in REMEMBER THIS and Jason Woods in THE NEAR DISASTER OF JASPER & CASPER

Few things in theater are as reliably immersive as a good old fashioned solo performance. Over the course of the week, I had the opportunity to indulge in the riches … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ma-Yi Theater Company’s ONCE UPON A (KOREAN) TIME is panoramic, well-appointed, but a tad unfocused

Down at La Mama’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, I recently had the chance to take in Once Upon a (Korean) Time by Daniel K. Isaac. Presented by Ma-Yi Theater Company — … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Notable new voices in New York theater: Cameron Darwin Bossert’s BURBANK and Sophie McIntosh’s MACBITCHES

Before the onslaught of fall openings, it was a pleasure to have had the opportunity this past weekend to acquaint myself with a pair of notable and distinct new voices … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The elaborate, immersive STRANGER THINGS: THE EXPERIENCE concludes its summer residency at Brooklyn Navy Yard

During the steamy days of summer, fans of the hit Netflix series Stranger Things were able to immerse themselves in the show’s universe via Stranger Things: The Experience, a large-scale … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Fresh blood infuses vibrant, campier life into the hit Broadway revival of INTO THE WOODS

Leah Michelle isn’t the only one who made a splashy entrance in a currently running Broadway show last night (for those of you unaware, the Glee star made her highly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Public Works’ healing, effervescent musical adaptation of AS YOU LIKE returns to the Delacorte

I can’t think of a more fitting second entry to the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park summer season than Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery’s musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s … Continue Reading →

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 →