THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mary Elizabeth Hamilton’s SMART continues EST’s exploration of the influence of technology on the human experience

This past weekend, I caught up with Ensemble Studio Theatre’s latest offering, Smart by Mary Elizabeth Hamilton. The work is the newest installment in the Off-Broadway theater company’s niche series … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece SWEENEY TODD is superlatively revived on Broadway in its full gory glory

It’s been an uncommonly strong year for musical revivals this Broadway season. On the heels of the remarkable productions of Into the Woods and Parade comes another superlative Sondheim revival … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Christin Eve Cato’s SANCOCHO investigates and celebrates family and sisterhood via kitchen time

Earlier this week, I had the chance to catch up with Christin Eve Cato’s Sancocho, courtesy of Off-Broadway’s WP Theater on the Upper West Side. The new play comes to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Zadie Smith’s THE WIFE OF WILLESDEN is elevated by a boisterous, scenery-chewing performance by Clare Perkins

Currently at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater, you’ll find The Wife of Willesden, the debut play by award-winning novelist Zadie Smith. Originally presented by the Kiln Theatre, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – York Theatre Company gives Jack Heifner’s musical version of VANITIES a second look

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to drop by the Theatre at St. Jean’s on the Upper West Side to catch York Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway revival of Vanities. The version … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A.I.M BY KYLE ABRAHAM experiments with fresh choreographic ideas in an evening of dance at The Joyce

Last night, I attended the opening night performance of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham’s spring repertory program at The Joyce Theater. After a slew of evening length works, it’s refreshing to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The pun-heavy, sketch-like new musical SHUCKED arrives on Broadway with a whole lot of corn

Last night, an unlikely but undeniably crowd-pleasing new musical landed on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. That would be Shucked, which arrives on the Great White Way by way of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Andre Royo masterfully and vividly animates Audible’s revival of DRINKING IN AMERICA by Eric Bogosian

Last night at the Minetta Lane Theater, I attended Audible Theater’s Off-Broadway revival of Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian. Written in 1986, the work is comprised of a series of monologues that … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At NYU Skirball, Phelim McDermott reveals his immense, deep obsession with Philip Glass in TAO OF GLASS

This past weekend, I attended the New York premiere of Tao of Glass at NYU Skirball by actor and director Phelim McDermott (who, on the day I attended the show, won a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Female conductors take on iconic Stravinsky Ballet Russes scores: Susanna Mälkki and Marin Alsop conduct PETRUSHKA and THE RITE OF SPRING, respectively

This past Friday, I had the pleasure of attending a wonderfully coincidental double-header, in which two renowned female conductors took on a pair of iconic Stravinsky scores that were commissioned … Continue Reading →