THE HANGOVER REPORT – Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali brings instinctive energy to NY PHILHARMONIC performances

This past weekend, Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali concluded a two-week residency leading the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall. Although the second of his two programs that I attended … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At Birdland, MELISSA ERRICO conjures back “old” New York glamour with her love letter to the city (and Sondheim)

Currently at Birdland Theater, you can find Broadway star Melissa Errico (My Fair Lady, High Society) delighting audiences with her latest cabaret act. Entitled A Manhattan Valentine, the show arrives … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A week of notable dance premieres: TWYLA THARP’s “Brel” and “The Ballet Master”, as well as ALEXEI RATMANSKY’s “Solitude”

It was an exciting week for dance. Both downtown at The Joyce Theater and uptown at Lincoln Center, New York dance fans were treated to the anticipated premieres from two … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jason Robert Brown’s unlikely, thought-provoking new musical THE CONNECTOR charts the rise of fake news

I recently had the chance to catch up with The Connector, the highly anticipated new musical by Jason Robert Brown and Jonathan Marc Sherman currently playing Off-Broadway at MCC Theater. Set … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kate Douglas’s speculative new play THE APIARY is a thoughtful look into human ethics and mortality

Last night, Kate Douglas’s new play The Apiary opened Off-Broadway at the Tony Kiser Theater courtesy of Second Stage’s Next Stage Festival. Set in the not too distant future in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The 1491s’ inter-generational Native American saga BETWEEN TWO KNEES wears down its audience into submission

Last night, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre’s co-production of Between Two Knees (in association with McCarter Theater and Seattle Rep) opened Off-Broadway at the Perelman Performing Arts Center. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Eddie Izzard feels her way through a solo HAMLET, resulting in a strangely muted rendition of the play

Last night, Eddie Izzard’s ambitious and highly anticipated solo rendition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet opened Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater. The show arrives in New York on the heels of her … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite Ginger Minj and her sidekick Gidget Galore team up for a breezy sister act in THE BROADS WAY

In between some heavy theater-going, I was able to tuck in (pun intended!) The Broads Way, a breezy cabaret show written and performed by RuPaul’s Drag Race favorite Ginger Minj … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sean Daniels’ candidly autobiographical THE WHITE CHIP returns to New York for an encore run

This weekend at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space in Hell’s Kitchen, I had the opportunity to catch up with Sean Daniels’ candidly autobiographical The White Chip, which returns … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep’s carefully calibrated staging of Brian Friel’s ARISTOCRATS illuminates the Chekhov-inspired play

Last night, I ventured down to Chelsea to catch Irish Repertory Theatre’s Off-Broadway revival of Brian Friel’s 1979 play Aristocrats. The production marks the second installment of The Friel Project, … Continue Reading →