THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bedlam’s freewheeling adaptation of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY remains a giddy delight

Bedlam’s acclaimed production of Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility, wonderfully adapted by Kate Hamill, is back at the Gym at Judson, and it’s better than ever. The production seems tighter … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Two new Off-Broadway plays excavate the human condition via “Our Town”

Over the years, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town has acquired a quaintness and sentimentality that has become synonymous with the play – an unfortunate development. Despite the inherent small town colloquialism … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola’s skin-deep STRAIGHT fails to convince

Earlier this week, Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola’s new play Straight opened Off-Broadway at the Acorn Theatre in Theatre Row. Although I applaud the effort of its authors to create … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – 400 hundred years after his death, Shakespeare permeates the New York performing arts season

As April 23, 2016 – the date of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – approaches, New York finds itself in the midst of a whole lotta Shakespeare. In the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nick Payne’s CONSTELLATIONS unexpectedly rivets, courtesy of Washington, DC’s Studio Theatre

Yesterday, I caught a matinee performance of Nick Payne’s Constellations at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle neighborhood. I had also seen the starry Broadway mounting of Constellations last … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The world premiere of A BRONX TALE: THE MUSICAL at Paper Mill is a diverting, workmanlike effort

Last week, I journeyed down to Millburn, NJ to catch the world premiere of A Bronx Tale: The Musical at the Paper Mill Playhouse. The show is the musical adaptation … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Forest Whitaker audaciously gives a low-key performance in the Broadway revival of O’Neill’s HUGHIE

Last night, a rare revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie opened at the Booth Theater in a pungent, haunted production starring a low-key Forest Whitaker and directed by Michael Grandage. At … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Manhattan Concert Productions’ glorious 25th anniversary staged concert of THE SECRET GARDEN was a night for the ages

In the spring of 1991, a beauty of a musical opened at the St. James Theater, Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon’s lush adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s novel The Secret … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maly Drama Theatre’s vaudevillian THE CHERRY ORCHARD entertains and terrifies at BAM

Last night, I trudged through the wind and rain to attend a performance of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, courtesy of St. Petersburg’s Maly Drama Theatre, at the Brooklyn Academy … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of Off-Broadway plays explore human nature through crises of faith

In about a week, the highly anticipated Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible starts previews at the Walter Kerr Theatre. However, you don’t have to wait for that upcoming … Continue Reading →