VIEWPOINTS – Crises of faith and family: Samuel D. Hunter’s A BRIGHT NEW BOISE and Anna Ziegler’s THE WANDERERS

Currently Off-Broadway, you can find a pair of plays that examine cases of simultaneous crises of faith and family. Here are my thoughts, per usual. A BRIGHT NEW BOISESignature Theatre … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A mini British invasion at Greenwich House: Eddie Izzard in GREAT EXPECTATIONS and Leo Reich in LITERALLY WHO CARES?!

Recently at the Greenwich House Theater, I encountered a pair of British comedians with a penchant for the alternative. Here are my thoughts on this mini British invasion at the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bill Irwin and John Douglas Thompson give masterful performances in Irish Rep’s top-notch revival of ENDGAME

This past holiday weekend, I was able to catch up with Irish Repertory Theatre’s Off-Broadway production of Endgame by Samuel Beckett. Although Beckett’s 1957 play is considered an undisputed classic, … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dance Roundup: HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO returns to The Joyce and NEW YORK CITY BALLET commits to 21st century choreographers

Over the past week or so, I was able to attend a pair of dance performances that together featured the works of some of today’s sought after contemporary choreographers. Here … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At SoHo Playhouse, Gabe Mollica’s SOLO dissects male friendship with sneaky rigor and unassuming charm

Last night, I attended Gabe Mollica’s Off-Broadway one-man show Solo, which is currently enjoying an extended run at the charmingly vintage SoHo Playhouse. In essence, the show — which has … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Simon Stephens and Mark Eitzel’s dreary new musical CORNELIA STREET is tonally off, despite a few genuinely affecting moments

Last night, the anticipated new musical Cornelia Street opened Off-Broadway at Atlantic Stage 2, Atlantic Stage Company’s snug subterranean space on 16th Street. With a book by acclaimed playwright Simon … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Soho Rep’s vividly theatrical, dynamic staging of Hansol Jung’s explosive WOLF PLAY returns Off-Broadway courtesy of MCC Theater

Last night, Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play returned Off-Broadway courtesy of MCC Theater. The production previously played New York at Soho Rep (in a co-presentation by Ma-Yi Theater Company), that tiny … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nora Burns’ THE VILLAGE channels disco, Charles Busch, and “Our Town” in its giddy resuscitation of late 1970s New York

Last night at Dixon Place in the Lower East Side, I attended the Off-Off-Broadway production of The Village, A Disco Daydream by stalwart downtown theater artist Nora Burns. Largely set … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Broadway’s MELISSA ERRICO celebrates the femme fatale and all things noir in her cabaret show at Birdland

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, cabaret and musical theater fans wil be able to catch Broadway’s Melissa Errico (My Fair Lady with Richard Chamberlain, High Society, Dracula, Passion, etc.) … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stellar performances and a crisp production bring out the best in LUCY, Erica Schmidt’s domestic tug-of-war play

This past weekend, I attended a performance of the new play Lucy by Erica Schmidt. Presented by Audible Theater (which has taken up residence Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theatre), … Continue Reading →