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 →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – No holds barred: Cole Escolar takes no prisoners as Mary Todd Lincoln in the instant classic OH, MARY!

Last night, Cole Escola’s new play Oh, Mary! opened Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in a blaze of hilarity. The play — an instant classic — is in essence a deeply … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sarah Gancher’s RUSSIAN TROLL FARM takes on a different cadence onstage and at our current juncture

Last night, Sarah Gancher’s Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre (in a co-production with Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center). It’s not the first time for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Matt Ray’s gargantuan score shines in BARK OF MILLIONS, the latest of Taylor Mac’s sprawling creations

Last night at the BAM Harvey Theater, I had the great pleasure of basking in the queer paradise that is Bark of Millions, the latest in Taylor Mac’s line of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In THE FOLLOWING EVENING, 600 Highwaymen and Talking Band contemplate the ephemerality of theater (and life itself)

Last night, 600 Highwaymen and Talking Band’s co-production of The Following Evening opened at one of the latest additions to New York’s robust collection of performing arts venues — the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Going to emotional extremities at SoHo Playhouse’s INTERNATIONAL FRINGE ENCORE SERIES

Over the past week or so, I took in a pair of shows at SoHo Playhouse‘s International Fringe Encore Series, a welcome opportunity for New Yorkers to bask in the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nowhere to hide: Director Jack Serio brings intense intimacy to Ruby Thomas’s THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Over the course of the last year or so, director Jack Serio has been quietly making a splash with auteur-like productions like his atmospheric staging of Rita Kalnejais’s This Beautiful Future and, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s PUBLIC OBSCENITIES successfully transfers to TFANA, superb cast in tow

This past weekend, I revisited Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s fascinating new play Public Obscenities at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center, courtesy of Theatre for a New Audience (as well as the Woolly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NEW YORK CITY BALLET premieres a promising new work by star principal Tile Peck, alongside pieces by Justin Peck and Ratmansky

New York City Ballet’s winter season continued the momentum of its 75th anniversary at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater with a New Combinations program, which this past Thursday unveiled … Continue Reading →