VIEWPOINTS – A pair of experimental Off-off-Broadway plays open: Agnes Borinsky’s A SONG OF SONGS and Talking Band’s LEMON GIRLS OR ART FOR THE ARTLESS

In recent days, a pair of new experimental plays opened Off-off-Broadway courtesy of some of the city’s most pioneering theater presenters. As per usual, here are my thoughts. A SONG … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Peter Gil-Sheridan’s THIS SPACE BETWEEN US explores the consequences of making life-changing decisions

Last night, I attended a performance of Peter Gil-Sheridan’s This Space Between Us Off-Broadway at Theatre Row. The piece is presented by Keen Company, which returns to in-person performances with … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MasterVoices hits the bullseye with its joyful, starry concert rendition of Sondheim and Laurents’s ANYONE CAN WHISTLE

Last Thursday, MasterVoices hits the bullseye with its one-night-only concert rendition of Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents’s 1964 musical Anyone Can Whistle at Carnegie Hall (the venue’s iconic Stern Auditorium … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Prospect Theater Company’s hopeful new musical revue NOTES FROM NOW is already starting to feel like a time capsule

Last night, Prospect Theater Company’s Notes from Now: Songs of Resilience & Renewal opened Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theaters. The new musical revue features seventeen new songs from an army of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The affecting COAL COUNTRY returns to New York after its run was cut short by the pandemic

Coal Country has returned to New York at Off-Broadway’s Cherry Lane Theatre after its run was cut short by the pandemic in March 2020. The affecting play-with-music recounts the events … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The legendary immersive theatrical experience SLEEP NO MORE resumes performances at the McKittrick Hotel

Earlier this week at the McKittrick Hotel, I returned to Punchrunk’s flagship production of Sleep No More, which triumphantly resumed performances last month following its pandemic hiatus. The legendary immersive … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Newly relevant, Lloyd Suh’s captivating THE CHINESE LADY returns to New York

Last night, Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady opened at the Public Theater in a co-production between Ma-Yi Theater Company and Barrington Stage Company. Together with the simultaneously-running Out of Time, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – John Douglas Thompson gives a wrenching performance in Arin Arbus’s grim, probing production of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Yesterday at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, I caught the final performance of Theatre for a New Audience’s probing production of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Although technically classified as … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bidding a bittersweet farewell to the original staging of RENT as it swings through Philadelphia

This weekend, I ventured down to Philadelphia to catch the 25th anniversary tour of Jonathan Larson’s Rent at the Merriam Theatre, where it plays only through this Sunday. The production, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aleshea Harris’s sprawling ON SUGARLAND takes a surreal, poetic look at a Black community under duress

Last night, Aleshea Harris’s On Sugarland opened Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. There’s quite a lot to unpack in the new drama by Ms. Harris, whose revenge play Is … Continue Reading →