THE HANGOVER REPORT – Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s uneven SNOW IN MIDSUMMER ambitiously straddles a number of genres

After two failed attempts to see Classic Stage Company’s Off-Broadway production of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s new play Snow in Midsummer over the course of its run – due to repeated … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Neil D’Astolfo gives a vivacious, larger-than-life solo performance as MISTER MISS AMERICA

This week also saw the Off-Broadway opening of Mister Miss America by Neil D’Astolfo, who also stars in the piece. The amusing play arrives at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new musical adaptation of BETWEEN THE LINES charms despite its derivative traits

Earlier this week, the stage adaptation of Between the Lines opened Off-Broadway at the Tony Kiser Theater (usually the home of Second Stage’s productions). The new musical is based on … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Danai Gurira scintillates as RICHARD III in Shakespeare in the Park’s tonally unstable production

Last week at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, I attended Free Shakespeare in the Park’s latest offering Ricard III (the production officially opened earlier this week). The staging is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The sublime Encores! revival of INTO THE WOODS shimmers even more eloquently on the Great White Way

Two months ago, I effused ever so passionately about the Encores! revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s beloved musical Into the Woods at New York City Center. Thankfully, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sarah Silverman’s amusing stage adaptation of her coming-of-age memoir THE BEDWETTER continues to be a work in progress

I recently had a chance to take in Sarah Silverman’s highly anticipated stage adaptation of her 2010 memoir The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee. The resulting musical, now … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alex Lawther is an authentically troubled HAMLET in Robert Icke’s surveillance-noir staging

This holiday weekend at the Park Avenue Armory, I attended a performance of Hamlet headlined by Alex Lawther as the troubled Danish prince. Directed by Robert Icke, the revival was … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Will Arbery’s deeply sensitive new play CORSICANA endeavors to dramatize the trauma of living

Last night at Playwrights Horizons, I attended the Off-Broadway play Corsicana by Will Arbery, who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for his thought provoking Heroes of the Fourth … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In Martha Clarke’s GOD’S FOOL, St. Francis of Assisi comes to life in a surreal cauldron of song and dance

Last night at La Mama’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, I attended a performance of God’s Fool by Martha Clarke. As one of the city’s indisputable hubs of avant-garde theater, La Mama … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – From her perspective: Covering Off-Broadway’s QUEEN by Madhuri Shekar and DON’T LOOK BACK by Adam Kraar

This week, I continued my summer Off-Broadway theatergoing spree, catching a pair of thought-provoking one act plays that eloquently take the woman’s perspective in realms typically dominated by men (e.g., … Continue Reading →