THE HANGOVER REPORT – At The Joyce, Cie Hervé KOUBI dazzles with its uncommon combination of unabashed athleticism and sophisticated artistry

Last night at The Joyce Theater, Cie Hervé KOUBI’s evening-length Les nuits barbares ou les premiers matins du monde (“The Barbarian Nights, or the First Dawns of the World”) initiated its weeklong … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE, Alice Birch’s daring and unsparing experiment, pays off in spades

Last night, Atlantic Theater Company’s production of Anatomy of a Suicide by Alice Birch opened Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross Theater. Alice Birch is one of the more exciting and adventurous playwrights currently … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Two theatrically successful if erratic stage adaptations of DRACULA & FRANKENSTEIN haunt CSC

Currently haunting Classic Stage Company are new stage adaptations of two iconic horror novels, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Overall, they prove to be theatrically successful, if a tad on the erratic side. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Rosas ravish in the distilled MITTEN WIR IM LEBEN SIND

To coincide with this week’s opening of the controversial Broadway revival of West Side Story, the iconic Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker this weekend at NYU Skirball presented, for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ performance in her own WHERE WE STAND casts a spell despite an occasionally vague and didactic script

This week, the new play Where We Stand opened Off-Broadway, courtesy of WP Theater (in a co-production with Baltimore Center Stage). The solo show – written and performed by Donnetta … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Zora Howard’s boisterous new play STEW stealthily inverts the kitchen sink drama for its own end

I recently had the opportunity to attend a performance of Stew, a new play by Zora Howard receiving its world premiere staging via Page 73 (a company that has nurtured and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Yaël Farber’s production of HAMLET, starring Ruth Negga, is a wrenching slow-burn

Last night at St. Ann’s Warehouse, I caught Yaël Farber’s much-anticipated staging of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Over the last decade or so, Ms. Farber has worked around the globe, making a name for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Daniel Zaitchik’s DARLING GRENADINE is a darling of a musical and an utterly charming throwback

Also last night, the new musical Darling Grenadine by Daniel Zaitchik (who penned the show’s music, lyrics, and book) opened at the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mint uncharacteristically comes up short with the tepid CHEKHOV/TOLSTOY: LOVE STORIES

Last night at Off-Broadway’s Theatre Row, Mint Theater Company breathed tepid new life into two fairly obscure works by Anton Chekhov and Leo Tostoy, collectively under the umbrella of a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Keone and Mari Madrid’s BEYOND BABEL is one of the most exuberant pieces of dance theater I’ve ever seen

This afternoon at the Gym at Judson, I had the great privilege of catching Hideaway Circus’s production of Beyond Babel. Choreographed by Keone and Mari Madrid and set to today’s popular music catalogue (artists … Continue Reading →