THE HANGOVER REPORT – JC Lee’s observant comedy TO MY GIRLS investigates white male privilege in gay culture, thereby comprehensively critiquing a generation of gays

This past weekend at Off-Broadway’s Tony Kiser Theater, I attended one of the final performances of Second Stage Theater’s production of To My Girls by JC Lee (the production’s last … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new two-hander musical ISLANDER is a beguiling little creation that unobtrusively addresses environmental issues

Last night, I attended a performance of Islander at Playhouse 46, a brand new off-Broadway performance venue in the heart of the Theater District that has given a new lease … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bated Breath’s intermittently successful CHASING ANDY WARHOL creates some striking tableaus against the city’s iconic vistas

This weekend, I participated in Chasing Andy Warhol, Bated Theatre Company’s latest walking tour cum immersive theater experience. The piece is the theater company’s equally ambitious – if less cohesive … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Steppenwolf actors shine in Tracy Letts’ THE MINUTES, a disturbing if somewhat flawed parody excavating American history

Last night, I caught the Broadway edition of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes at Studio 54. The production comes by way of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, arguably Chicago’s flagship theater company and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Martin McDonagh’s unsettling, darkly comic HANGMEN, now starring Alfie Allen and David Threlfall, finally opens on Broadway

Last night, Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen opened at the John Golden Theatre, nearly seven years after having premiered at London’s revered Royal Court Theatre. The Olivier Award-winning play was supposed to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ntozake Shange’s landmark FOR COLORED GIRLS returns to Broadway in the form of Camille A. Brown’s gloriously cathartic, life-giving revival

Last night, Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf opened at the Booth Theatre, the very theater where the landmark “choreopoem” premiered on Broadway back in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The starry Broadway revival of AMERICAN BUFFALO is a deliberately calibrated study of American capitalism vis-à-vis toxic masculinity

Last week, David Mamet’s classic play American Buffalo returned to the Great White Way in a taut, requisitely starry revival (the play’s third) at Circle in the Square Theatre. In … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An explosive James McAvoy leads a radical, language drunk adaptation of CYRANO DE BERGERAC

This past week, the Jaimie Lloyd Company’s highly anticipated production of Cyrano de Bergerac – which won the prize for Best Revival at the 2020 Olivier Awards – opened at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Greenspan singlehandedly breathes live into Barry Connors’ THE PATSY in a dazzling, tour de force performance

Last night, I ventured down to Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side to catch David Greenspan singlehandedly breathe life into Barry Connors’ play The Patsy, which was a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stilted circus and dance adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE lands on Broadway with a thud

Last night, the circus and dance adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved novella The Little Prince landed at the Broadway Theatre with a thud. The production – which originated in … Continue Reading →