THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS receives a sturdy new staging at the Met, led by the superb pairing of Eric Owens and Angel Blue
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- October 5, 2019
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This afternoon, I caught a performance of the Metropolitan Opera’s new staging of the Gershwins’ 1935 American folk opera Porgy and Bess. The production launched the mighty opera company’s 2019-2020 season … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Satoshi Miyagi uses Japanese noh tradition to bring poetry to ANTIGONE, to mesmerizing effect
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- October 4, 2019
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One of the toughest tickets to come by currently in town is Shizuoka Performing Arts Center’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone at the Park Avenue Armory (the rest of the run is sold … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jeff Augustin’s THE NEW ENGLANDERS is thoughtfully of-the-moment although not quite satisfying
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- October 4, 2019
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This week, the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Jeff Augustin’s The New Englanders opened Off-Broadway at New York City Center. Set in a quiet, upper middle class New England town, … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – The ecstatic FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME effortlessly makes the leap to Broadway, its free-flowing exuberance and unalloyed goodwill intact
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- October 3, 2019
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Last night, Freestyle Love Supreme – which is also the name of the outfit (co-founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda) that performs the show – opened at the Booth Theatre, making the leap from Off-Broadway … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Robert Schenkkan’s underwhelming THE GREAT SOCIETY opens on the Great White Way, continuing the LBJ saga
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- October 2, 2019
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Last night, Robert Schenkkan’s The Great Society opened on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. The play is the sequel to Mr. Schenkkan’s Tony-winning play All the Way from a … Continue Reading →
VIEWPOINTS – Two young playwrights go to extremes: Anna Moench’s MOTHERS and Alexis Scheer’s DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD
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- October 2, 2019
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Over the last week, I had the opportunity to be exposed to two new voices – playwrights Anna Moench and Alexis Scheer – who in their respective Off-Broadway plays aren’t … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – WHY?: Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne return to Brooklyn to gently question why we do theater
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- October 1, 2019
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The centerpiece of a city-wide celebration of Peter Brook’s monumental contribution to contemporary theater is the mounting of his latest play Why? at Theatre for a New Audience in Brooklyn (the … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Florian Zeller’s THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM, led by Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins, magnifies the angst of old age
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- September 29, 2019
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French playwright Florian Zeller – thanks in no insignificant part to his frequent collaboration with English translator Christopher Hampton – has become well known in theater circles on both sides of the … Continue Reading →
VIEWPOINTS – 59E59 plays host to theater companies from out of town: FERN HILL & ONLY YESTERDAY
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- September 29, 2019
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It’s always an adventure frequenting theaters like 59E59 Theaters (one of the few theaters within close proximity of the upper east side), whose programming is comprised of an eclectic mix of shows … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Gingold Theatrical Group’s effervescent revival of Shaw’s CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA sparkles
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- September 26, 2019
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This week, Gingold Theatrical Group’s Off-Broadway revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra opened at Theatre Row. Set in Egypt, the rarely-performed play tells the story of the fictitious meeting … Continue Reading →