THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lily Thorne’ limp PEACE FOR MARY FRANCES meanders, despite the presence of the great Lois Smith

This weekend, I caught up with The New Group’s Peace for Mary Frances at the Pershing Square Signature Center. I really wanted to like Lily Thorne’s limp new play concerning … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The superb 50th anniversary revival of THE BOYS IN THE BAND proves that the seminal play remains relevant

Last night, the first Broadway show of the 2018-2019 season opened at the Booth Theatre. Regardless of which season it falls in, Joe Mantello’s superb 50th anniversary revival of Mart Crowley’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep’s production of WOMAN AND SCARECROW is a pitch black comedy from a playwright with an unapologetically gothic sensibility

I recently had a chance to watch a performance of Woman and Scarecrow by Marina Carr – a playwright I hadn’t been familiar with – at Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The 2018 edition of BAM’s DANCEAFRICA was a rousing celebration of community and heritage

This past holiday weekend, I attended the opening night performance of the 2018 edition of DanceAfrica at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This was my first exposure to the annual … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Erin Markey’s athletic two-hander SINGLET is thematic, absurdist entertainment

Tonight, I caught Erin Markey’s latest performance piece, her two-hander Singlet at The Bushwick Starr. Over the last half a dozen years or so, I’ve been tickled and beguiled by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Toshiki Okada’s TIME’S JOURNEY THROUGH A ROOM is an austere, haunting meditation on loss

This afternoon, I took in a performance of Toshiki Okada’s new play Time’s Journey Through a Room at A.R.T/New York Theatres, courtesy of PlayCo. In recent years, PlayCo has been a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kieran Knowles’ OPERATION CRUCIBLE is a confident debut, delivering a masterclass in ensemble acting

Last night, I caught From Ground Up Theatre’s production of Operation Crucible, the confident debut play by Kieran Knowles currently playing as part of the wonderfully curated Brits Off Broadway series at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Wooster Group’s A PINK CHAIR is a triumph of rigor, execution, and the avant-garde

I recently wrote a piece about the death avant-garde theater. Well, I was proven wrong this afternoon after having seen The Wooster Group’s sensational A Pink Chair (In Place of a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – City Ballet concludes a ravishingly varied retrospective for Jerome Robbins’ centennial

This May at the David H. Koch Theater, New York City Ballet pulled out all the stops to celebrate Jerome Robbins’ centennial. All-in-all, the revered ballet company performed six different … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ballet Theatre substantially updates a pair of Stravinsky-scored story ballets: FIREBIRD and THE RITE OF SPRING (i.e., AFTERITE)

One of the programs I was most looking forward to in American Ballet Theatre’s spring season is being danced this week – the pairing of Alexei Ratmansky’s version of Firebird with Wayne … Continue Reading →