THE HANGOVER REPORT – Roundabout revives a searing ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller

This week, Roundabout Theatre Company’s timely revival of Arthur Miller’s 1947 post-war family tragedy All My Sons opened at the American Airlines Theatre. The last time the play was seen on Broadway was a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Slick staging and strong acting save THE PAIN OF MY BELLIGERENCE by Halley Feiffer

This week, Halley Feiffer’s new play The Pain of My Belligerence opened Off-Broadway in a production courtesy of Playwrights Horizons at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. The play is comprised … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bertie Carvel and Jonny Lee Miller are sensational in James Graham’s flashy INK

Last night, James Graham’s Ink opened on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre via Manhattan Theatre Club. Set in London in 1969, Ink tells the story of how young Rupert Murdoch and a scrappy … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Joyce’s MERCE CUNNINGHAM CELEBRATION gives us a glimpse of the master’s game-changing vision

2019 marks the centennial of Merce Cunningham, one of the most important choreographers in all of dance and an indisputably towering figure in twentieth century art. To celebrate this occasion and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Mad Ones’ MRS. MURRAY’S MENAGERIE is a triumph in meticulously crafted realism

I recently had the opportunity to pay a visit to the Ars Nova production of The Mad Ones’ Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie at the Greenwich House Theater. I’ve seen only one other production … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Tim Blake Nelson’s SOCRATES overflows with riches, led by the riveting Michael Stuhlbarg

Last night, I caught Tim Blake Nelson’s new play Socrates Off-Broadway at the Public Theater. As the title suggests, the play centers around Socrates, the influential Greek philosopher whose incessant questioning of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A magnetic Adam Driver combusts in the Broadway revival of BURN THIS by Lanford Wilson

This week, the Broadway revival of Burn This by Lanford Wilson opened at the Hudson Theatre. Although I’m familiar with much of Mr. Wilson’s output (Talley’s Folly, Fifth of July, Balm in Gilead, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep mounts an utterly ideal revival of Sean O’Casey’s JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK

Last weekend, I caught a matinee performance of Irish Repertory Theatre’s Off-Broadway revival of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, one of the best known and well-regarded plays in the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Thaddeus Phillips’ 17 BORDER CROSSINGS is a visually ravishing examination of man-made borders

Last night, Thaddeus Phillips’ solo show 17 Border Crossings opened Off-Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. I had missed the production, a unique hybrid between monologue and performance piece, when it played … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Isabelle Huppert was devastating and compulsively watchable in Florian Zeller’s THE MOTHER

This weekend at the Linda Gross Theater, I caught the final Off-Broadway performance of Florian Zeller’s The Mother, which enjoyed a sold out run courtesy of Atlantic Theater Company. Although not … Continue Reading →