THE HANGOVER REPORT – An explosive James McAvoy leads a radical, language drunk adaptation of CYRANO DE BERGERAC

This past week, the Jaimie Lloyd Company’s highly anticipated production of Cyrano de Bergerac – which won the prize for Best Revival at the 2020 Olivier Awards – opened at … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Greenspan singlehandedly breathes live into Barry Connors’ THE PATSY in a dazzling, tour de force performance

Last night, I ventured down to Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side to catch David Greenspan singlehandedly breathe life into Barry Connors’ play The Patsy, which was a … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The inaugural CITY CENTER DANCE FESTIVAL concludes with a flourish: Martha Graham Dance Company & Dance Theatre of Harlem

This past week, the inaugural City Center Dance Festival concluded with a flourish, with both Martha Graham Dance Company and Dance Theatre of Harlem playing in repertoire (other companies that … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The stilted circus and dance adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE lands on Broadway with a thud

Last night, the circus and dance adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beloved novella The Little Prince landed at the Broadway Theatre with a thud. The production – which originated in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NYGASP’s buoyant revival of Gilbert and Sullivan’s THE PIRATES PENZANCE is the ideal show to usher in springtime

This past weekend at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, I caught one of only a handful of performances of New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players’ production of the beloved … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Debra Messing stars in BIRTHDAY CANDLES, Noah Haidle’s amiable, predictably sentimental examination of life

Last night, Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle opened at the American Airlines Theatre. Mr. Haidle’s new play begins on one Ernestine Ashworth’s 17th birthday and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Cast and director imbue Stefano Massini’s clinical, idea-based 7 MINUTES with impassioned specificity

Italian playwright Stefano Massini made a splash earlier this theater season when his epic The Lehman Trilogy played Broadway for a limited run during the winter months (the celebrated Sam … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The York’s traditionally constructed new musical PENELOPE is a pleasant, breezy spin on Greek mythology

This week, the York Theatre Company’s new musical Penelope, or How the Odyssey Was Really Written opened Off-Broadway at the Theatre at St. Jean’s on the Upper East Side. The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NPR’s Ari Shapiro seamlessly and affectingly incorporates his journalism work into his cabaret act BEHIND THE MIC

Earlier this week, I swung by Feinstein’s/54 Below to catch one of the handful of performances of Behind the Mic, Ari Shapiro’s new solo cabaret act. Mr. Shapiro is perhaps … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Shaina Taub’s highly anticipated and ambitious new musical SUFFS has great potential but needs some retooling

Last night, the Public Theater’s world premiere production of Shaina Taub’s Suffs opened Off-Broadway at the Newman Theater (note that, due to positive Covid-19 cases in the cast, performances through … Continue Reading →