THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Pearl’s THE DINGDONG delivers on its promise of mayhem and laughter

Yesterday evening, I caught a performance of The Dingdong at the Pearl. After having just seen the intense (albeit excellent) downer A Girl is a Half-formed Thing that same afternoon, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jessie Mueller wows with her own brand of pies in WAITRESS

Tonight Waitress, the anticipated and crowd-pleasing new musical based on the movie of the same name about the challenges faced by a pie-making waitress, opened at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Aoife Duffin’s ferocious performance rivets in the stage adaptation of A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING

This afternoon, I caught a performance of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, a stage adaptation of the novel by Eimear McBride, at Baryshnikov Arts Center. The story, which takes … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – James Levine leads an ideal account of Mozart’s DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL

John Dexter’s utterly charming 1979 production of Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail returned last night to the Metropolitan Opera featuring some sublime work from Maestro James Levine and the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two of 2014’s biggest theater success stories start to find lives outside of New York

Two of 2014’s biggest theater success stories – Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning All the Way and Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Flick – couldn’t be more different, except perhaps in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ike Holter’s EXIT STRATEGY at Primary Stages succeeds through its winning characters

I recently had a chance to catch Ike Holter’s Exit Strategy at the Cherry Lane Theatre, courtesy of Primary Stages. The play, which chronicles the final days of a Chicago … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill’s PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES is sweetly diverting

This afternoon, I took a short field trip out to the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ to catch a matinee performance of the breezy musical Pump Boys and Dinettes, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lessing’s still-relevant NATHAN THE WISE casts a quiet spell at CSC

Last night, I caught a performance of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s rarely-performed Nathan the Wise (in a 2003 translation by Edward Kemp) at Classic Stage Company. Lessing’s play, a plea for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A gorgeous-sounding 110 IN THE SHADE charms at Ford’s Theatre

Last night, I attended Ford’s Theatre charming revival of the under-appreciated musical 110 in the Shade, which features a score by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones (who also provided the immortal … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two women playwrights explore new forms to get further to the core of things

Currently on display on the boards of New York theater are two thought-provoking works from two boundary-pushing women playwrights. First up is Antlia Pneumatica (RECOMMENDED) by Anne Washburn, which is … Continue Reading →