THE HANGOVER REPORT – Danny DeVito leads I NEED THAT, the prolific Theresa Rebeck’s perfectly pleasant Main Stem comedy for Roundabout

Theresa Rebeck continues to be one of the most prolific working playwrights in theater business. This fall alone, she’s unveiled two new plays – the fantastic Dig for Primary Stages … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Adjmi’s gorgeously nuanced new play STEREOPHONIC bristles with music, authenticity

Last night, I caught David Adjmi’s new play Stereophonic at Playwrights Horizons. Set in California recording studios during the mid 1970s, the play depicts the painful creation of a rock … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Displaying their gift of the gab: Fellow Irishmen ED BYRNE and MIKEL MURFI bewitch in their respective solo shows

Over the past few days, I encountered a pair of solo shows by hugely talented Irishmen who bewitched me with their immense charisma and undeniable gift of the gab. Read … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The variety afforded by Off-Broadway theater: The stage adaptation of Philip Roth’s SABBATH’S THEATER and Brittany K. Allen’s REDWOOD

This past weekend, I was struck by how different approaches to playwriting can yield to drastically vascillating experiences. To me, this illustrated both theater’s chameleonic ability to shape-shift from production … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY unveils Lauren Lovette’s “Echo” in an uncommonly cohesive boys verses girls program

Last night at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, I attended a performance by Paul Taylor Dance Company, which is currently in the midst of its two-week New … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Rare revivals to relish: City Center’s heavily revised PAL JOEY by Rodgers & Hart and MasterVoices’ top notch THE FROGS by Sondheim

Despite their extremely limited runs, I had the great opportunity this weekend to relish a pair of rarely staged musicals. Read on below for my thoughts on these uncommonly well-produced … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Susanna Mälkki leads the NY PHIL in an undaunted Ligeti Piano Concerto and a majestic “Pictures at an Exhibition”

This week at at Lincoln Center, the in-demand Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki returned to David Geffen Hall to lead the New York Philharmonic in a fascinating and musically satisfying program. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the compellingly eccentric HOW TO BE A DANCER IN 72,000 EASY LESSONS, Michael Keegan-Dolan meditates on a life in dance

Last night, I attended Teac Damsa and Gate Theatre’s production of Michael Keegan-Dolan’s compellingly eccentric How to Be a Dancer in 72,000 Easy Lessons, which is currently playing for a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nathan Alan Davis’s THE REFUGE PLAYS: A turbulent family saga kept afloat by love and ghosts

Last night at the Laura Pels Theatre, I attended Roundabout Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway production of The Refuge Plays by Nathan Alan Davis. Set in the backwaters of Southern Illinois, the sprawling work … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maria Friedman’s redemptive revival of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG lands triumphantly on Broadway

Earlier this week (on Halloween, in fact) at the Hudson Theatre, I had the great pleasure of catching up with the Maria Friedman’s acclaimed Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and … Continue Reading →