THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jessica Hecht delivers a voracious performance in Neena Beber’s prismatic new play A MOTHER

Last night, Neena Beber’s new play A Mother opened at the Baryshnikov Arts Center as part of the performing arts institution’s 20th anniversary season. Conceived by Beber alongside beloved stage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Led by the bubbly Jasmine Amy Rogers, the 21st century musical version of BOOP! is highly enjoyable escapist fun

Then over at the Broadhurst Theatre, you’ll find Boop! The Musical, a musical inspired by the iconic animated character Betty Boop. During the 1930s in the midst of the Great … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Adrienne Warren is breathtaking in the strangely lopsided Broadway revival of THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Earlier this week at the Hudson Theatre, I attended the Broadway arrival of Jason Robert Brown’s pseudo-autobiographical The Last Five Years. Written in 2001, the intimate two-hander musical — which … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Barrie Kosky’s heightened staging of THE THREEPENNY OPERA brings danger and seduction to the classic

This past weekend, I had the great opportunity to catch the storied Berliner Ensemble’s acclaimed revival of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Co-presented by the Brooklyn … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – City Ballet’s SARA MEARNS bravely processes her feelings in her thoughtful Artists at the Center program

Since being founded in 2022, New York City Center’s Artists at the Center series has given dance artists — including notable talents such as Tiler Peck, Ayodele Casel, and Pam … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The daft new musical OPERATION MINCEMEAT arrives on Broadway, unapologetically silly (and British)

Last night, I was able to take in the Broadway transfer of the Olivier Award-winning musical Operation Mincemeat at the John Golden Theatre. Across the pond in London, the relentlessly … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Accessible and eclectic programming: Lincoln Center presents Boy Blue’s CYCLES and Rubén Blades’s MAESTRA VIDA

Since arising from the pandemic, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has reinvented itself as a presenting entity that champions accessible and eclectic programming. Indeed, its current socially-conscious, community-focused, and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Doing what Encores! does best: Dusting off all-but-forgotten musical relics like Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner’s LOVE LIFE

This past weekend, I was also able to catch the final performance of the limited run of the Encores! revival of Love Life at New York City Center. Originally set … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Mental wellness and parenting: Joshua Harmon’s WE HAD A WORLD and Max Mondi’s MAYBE TOMORROW

In recent days, I had the chance to take in a pair of dramatic works that deal with mental wellness as it relates to parenting, particularly motherhood. As always, read … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nathalie Stutzmann leads the great PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA in playing Mazzoli, Schumann, and Shostakovich

This past weekend, I ventured down to Philadelphia for a few days, during which time I had the great pleasure of attending a concert by the great Philadelphia Orchestra at … Continue Reading →