THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh’s intimate musical two-hander LOS OTROS vividly charts love and life through the 20th century

Last night, Michael John LaChiusa and Ellen Fitzhugh’s music theater piece Los Otros opened Off-Broadway at A.R.T./New York Theatres in Hell’s Kitchen. First staged about a decade ago at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An exuberant, well-oiled KINKY BOOTS returns to New York in understandably downscaled fashion

Last week, the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots returned to New York at Stage 42 (formerly the Little Shubert). Although the beloved original Broadway production shuttered just three years ago in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Clarence Coo poetically excavates memory, love, and art in the issue-conscious ON THAT DAY IN AMSTERDAM

I recently had the chance to take in Primary Stages’ latest premiere, Clarence Coo‘s On that Day in Amsterdam. The new play — which is currently in performance at 59E59 … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Johnny G. Lloyd’s philosophical new play PATIENCE explores the choices that make up life through the lens of Black excellence

This week, Johnny G. Lloyd’s Patience opened Off-Broadway at the McGinn/Cazale Theater in the Upper West Side courtesy of Second Stage Theater’s “Uptown” series, which is currently celebrating its 20th … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE SARASOTA BALLET returns to The Joyce with a balanced program consisting of a pair of Ashton ballets and a world premiere by Jessica Lang

This week, The Joyce Theater closes out its summer season by presenting The Sarasota Ballet at its Chelsea home base. The balanced, perfectly lovely program features a pair of ballets … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The ambitious but murky musical adaptation of THE BUTCHER BOY dives headlong into the psyche of a disturbed youth

This past weekend at the Irish Repertory Theatre in Chelsea, I attended the premiere of the Off-Broadway musical adaptation of Patrick McCabe’s dark 1992 novel The Butcher Boy. The new … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Summer dance roundup at Lincoln Center: BAAND Together Dance Festival returns and Kyle Abraham’s REQUIEM shimmers

This past week, I took in a number of wonderfully accessible dance performances courtesy of Lincoln Center’s expansive Summer for the City programming. Here are my thoughts, as per usual. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An uneven revival of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF updates the ever-caustic Tennessee Williams play to the present

Over at the Theatre at St. Clement’s, you’ll find the Off-Broadway revival (the play’s first, believe it or not) of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. For those … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – ArtsDistrict Brooklyn uses technology to engage the senses and immerse visitors: LIMITLESS AI, SÉANCE, and FLIGHT

This summer, I had the opportunity of paying a visit to ArtsDistrict Brooklyn. Located in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood, the new venue was built to be a home for large-scale digital installations … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – RENNIE HARRIS’s LIFTED puts theatrical storytelling to the forefront but only intermittently comes to life

Last night at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, I attended the opening night performance of Lifted: A Gospel House Musical, Rennie Harris’s latest evening length work of dance. I use … Continue Reading →