THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Met’s season closes with a devastating, musically ravishing DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES

Last night, I caught my final production of the Metropolitan Opera season, Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites. The work is widely considered one of the greatest operas of the second half of the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Shakespeare Off-Broadway, solidly-done: TFANA’s JULIUS CAESAR & Mobile Unit’s THE TEMPEST

Broadway isn’t the only place theater fans have been recently able to get their Shakespeare fix (King Lear is currently playing on the Great White Way at the Cort Theatre starring the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The immersive new musical PLAYING HOT scores big for its music making but is otherwise deficient

Last night, the new musical Playing Hot opened Off-Broadway at Theater 511 (or, Ars Nova’s former home base), courtesy of Pipeline Theatre Company. Pipeline has made a name for itself over the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stephen Unwin’s ALL OUR CHILDREN is a well-made play that’s worth your time

Last night, I caught Stephen Unwin’s All Our Children, which is currently in the midst an Off-Broadway run at the Sheen Center. The play was recently staged in London (in a different … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Cillian Murphy pulls out a stunning hat trick of a performance in GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, adapted by Enda Walsh

Last night, I caught Enda Walsh’s stage adaptation of Grief is the Thing with Feathers, which is based on Max Porter’s book of the same name. The production – a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jordan E. Cooper’s smashing satire AIN’T NO MO’ is yet another play about race in America that shouldn’t be missed

Last weekend, I finally had the opportunity to catch Jordan E. Cooper’s new play Ain’t No Mo’ at the Public Theater. Mr. Cooper’s outrageous satire joins a plentiful recent crop of notable and stylistically adventurous new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The bizarre new musical THE APPOINTMENT treats its sticky subject matter with ambiguity

This past week, I had an encounter with one of the most bizarre shows I think I’ve ever come across. That would be Lightning Rod Special’s production of The Appointment, one … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Brits Off Broadway 2019 kicks off at 59E59 Theaters: INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMERICAN SERVICEMEN IN BRITAIN & KILLING TIME

One of the things I look forward to most each spring is the opportunity to partake in 59E59 Theaters’ Brits Off-Broadway festival. The acclaimed series, a fantastic chance to see the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Gerogina Escobar’s dystopian THEN THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE REST makes for muddled drama

I’m a sucker for both speculative fiction and theater. Therefore, it’s unsurprising that plays like Caryl Churchill’s Far Away and A Number, as well as this season’s sensational (and recently much Drama Desk-nominated) … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nick Lehane’s exquisitely-realized CHIMPANZEE continues HERE’s trend for mounting memorable puppet theater

For quite a number of years now, HERE Arts Center has been responsible for some of the most memorable puppet theater I’ve encountered in New York – starting with the … Continue Reading →