THE HANGOVER REPORT – The intimate, seductive SPEAKEASY MAGICK returns to the McKittrick Hotel

Last weekend, I attended a performance of Speakeasy Magick, which recently returned to the McKittrick Hotel’s Club Car space (the elaborate venue’s premiere attraction, the immersive theater juggernaut Sleep No … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Musical parodies of FRIENDS and THE OFFICE offer an inspired blend of craft and silliness

Despite the steady flow of in-person performances in New York as of late, there have only been a handful of productions that have sustained steady, multi-week runs. Two of these … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Andrea Miller’s YOU ARE HERE is an artful and profound collection of performative portraits of New Yorkers during the pandemic

Last night, I attended a performance of Andrea Miller’s You Are Here, which is currently in the midst of a weeklong run at Lincoln Center. Commissioned as part of the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Theatricalizing the museum-going experience in DEFINITION: AN INSTALLATION EXPERIENCE & LIMINAL ARCHIVE

I recently got a chance to experience two shows that strike me as having taken some inspiration – at least in their current state – from the act of visiting … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The gritty but poetic ENDURE voyeuristically immerses audiences into the mind of a marathon runner

This past weekend, I participated in Endure, a self-professed “run woman show” that’s currently taking its audiences on an on-foot odyssey through Central Park. Created and written by Melanie Jones, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The singularly hilarious Jackie Hoffman finds the ideal role in Dale Smith’s FRUMA-SARAH (WAITING IN THE WINGS)

Yesterday, I attended Dale Smith’s satisfying two-hander Fruma-Sarah (Waiting in the Wings) at the ever so eclectic cell theatre in Chelsea. The main draw of the show, which has been … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The seductive Maria Caruso dances double duty in METAMORPHOSIS & REARVIEW MIRROR

This summer, dancer Maria Caruso has come to New York to help usher in the return of in-performances in, not one, but two new productions Off-Broadway. That’s right, you’ll be … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Classical Theatre of Harlem’s SEIZE THE KING shrewdly transforms “Richard III” into a panoramic cautionary play

Last night, I ventured uptown to the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park to catch Classical Theatre of Harlem’s free outdoor production of Will Power’s Seize the King directed … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Theater in transition or part of the new normal?: THE WATERING HOLE & SEVEN DEADLY SINS

One of the fascinating things about the return of in-person theater has been the hybrid forms in which it’s come back. Although productions like Blindness at the Daryl Roth Theatre … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Perusing Provincetown entertainment: Comedy queens, crooning piano men, and musical theater divas

I spent last week in one of my favorite places in the world – that magical destination seemingly at the very tip of the world (i.e., Cape Cod) known as … Continue Reading →