THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s LACKAWANNA BLUES is a loving theatrical memoir and a living monument to an extraordinary woman

This weekend, I got the chance to catch up with Lackawanna Blues, Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s theatrical memoir and living monument to Rachel Crosby (lovingly known simply as “Nanny”), the extraordinary woman … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Off-Broadway openings: A spirited, zippy revival of MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION and Douglas Carter Beane’s underbaked FAIRYCAKES

This past week, I caught a pair of Off-Broadway openings. Here are my thoughts. MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSIONGingold Theatrical Group1 hour, 40 minutes (without an intermission)Through November 20 First up is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In Roundabout’s magnificent revival, Kushner and Tesori’s masterpiece CAROLINE, OR CHANGE has finally found its time

Last night at Studio 54, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s 2003 musical Caroline, or Change returned to Broadway courtesy of Roundabout Theatre Company. The production, directed by Michael Longhurst, was … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The decidedly avant-garde but deeply haunting DANA H. and IS THIS A ROOM unsettle and disorient at the Lyceum

This past weekend, I parked myself at the Lyceum Theatre to indulge in a fascinating Broadway doubleheader comprised of Lucas Hnath’s Dana H. and Tina Satter’s Is This a Room (for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The vividly acted and magnificently staged THE LEHMAN TRILOGY finally arrives on Broadway, triumphantly

Last week, the much anticipated Main Stem edition of The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini (as adapted by Ben Power) opened at the Nederlander Theatre. After garnering considerable acclaim across … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tiago Rodrigues’s captivating BY HEART stealthily illustrates how the act of memorization is also one of deep humanism

Last night, I trekked out to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to attend a performance of Tiago Rodrigues’s By Heart, which is currently in the midst of a short run … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Wallace Shawn’s THE FEVER, starring Lili Taylor, wavers between reckoning and self-flagellation

This fall, Audible Theater, in a co-production with The New Group, returns to in-person performances at the Minetta Lane Theatre with a limited two-week run of Wallace Shawn’s solo show … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – On Broadway, Keenan Scott II’s THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN struggles to attain the catharsis hoped for

Last night, Thoughts of a Colored Man by newcomer Kennan Scott II arrived on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre (opening night was actually originally supposed to be on October … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – With Rajiv Joseph’s lovely LETTERS OF SURESH, Second Stage gently resumes in-person performances

Last night, Second Stage Theater’s production of Letters of Suresh by Rajiv Joseph opened Off-Broadway at the Tony Kiser Theater (the play’s opening night was pushed back due to one … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Douglas Lyons’s winning if overly familiar CHICKEN & BISCUITS is the theatrical equivalent of hearty comfort food

Last night, Douglas Lyons’s Chicken & Biscuits – part of the parade of straight plays penned by Black playwrights scheduled to premiere on the Great White Way this season – opened … Continue Reading →