THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Met’s grim production of PETER GRIMES returns, featuring a shattering performance by Allan Clayton in the title role

This weekend, I was able to attend the final performance of the Metropolitan Opera’s fall run of Peter Grimes. With music by British composer Benjamin Britten and libretto by Montagu … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mia Chung’s quietly tragic CATCH AS CATCH CAN is a family drama with newfound pertinence

Last night at Off-Broadway’s Peter Jay Sharp Theater, I caught Playwrights Horizons’ production of Catch as Catch Can by Mia Chung. The play tells the quietly tragic story of the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A new crop of dancers invigorate PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY’s fall season at the David H. Koch Theater

Paul Taylor Dance Company has long been one of New York’s most iconic dance companies, not only because of Taylor’s idiosyncratic brand of movement, but also because of the caliber … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Women taking control in the Off-Broadway revivals of Bernard Shaw’s CANDIDA and Ibsen’s HEDDA GABLER

This fall, two of Western drama’s most iconic titular female characters can once again be seen taking control of their respective constricted situations. Here are my thoughts on the current … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeff Augustin’s tender WHERE THE MOUNTAIN MEETS THE SEA charts a father-son relationship with bold simplicity

Over at New York City Center, I recently had the opportunity to take in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Off-Broadway production of Where the Mountain Meets the Sea by Jeff Augustin. The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Dimitris Papaioannou’s imagery intense TRANSVERSE ORIENTATION evokes myth and religion in a parade wondrous tableaus

Last night, Dimitris Papaioannou’s large-scale production of Transverse Orientation opened at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House for a weeklong run as part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s ongoing … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Led by Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, New York City Center’s vital, full scale revival of PARADE comes alive with forceful intent

Last week, New York City Center’s gala revival of Parade embarked on a limited weeklong run. The show was originally the brainchild of legendary Broadway director Hal Prince, who tapped … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A trio of Off-Broadway shows that play with form: Jacob Perkins’ THE GOLD ROOM, SITI Company’s WAR OF THE WORLDS, and Dead Centre’s CHEKHOV’S FIRST PLAY

Blink and you might miss them. Amidst a very busy fall theater season, I was able to catch a trio of Off-Broadway shows that played with theatrical form to fascinating … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Cameron Crowe’s musical version of ALMOST FAMOUS is a freewheeling ode to rock ‘n’ roll and the experiences that form us

Last night, Cameron Crowe’s musical adaptation of his own film Almost Famous opened on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (Crowe won an Academy Award for penning the screenplay … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Gabriel Byrne candidly excavates his past by wistfully WALKING WITH GHOSTS

Last night at Broadway’s Music Box Theatre, I attended Walking with Ghosts, Gabriel Byrne’s candid one man show based on his written memoir of the same name. The 72-year-old Irish … Continue Reading →