THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alice Childress’s still relevant TROUBLE IN MIND finally opens on Broadway featuring a career redefining performance by LaChanze

Last week, Alice Childress’s Trouble in Mind opened at the American Airlines Theatre. Written in 1955, the play – a backstage drama about Wiletta Mayer, a Black actress who comes … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – TFANA’s production of GNIT, Will Eno’s absurdist take on Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt”, takes a hard look at life for what it is

Last week at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn, I attended Theatre for a New Audience’s production of Gnit, playwright Will Eno’s attempt at loosely adapting Ibsen’s epic and – … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – TWYLA NOW is a starry and cleverly constructed program celebrating one of modern dance’s iconic choreographers

To celebrate her 80th birthday, iconic modern dance choreographer Twyla Tharp has assembled an evening of dance entitled Twyla Now at New York City Center. Over the course of her … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s CULLUD WATTAH is well-intentioned but heavy-handed

Last night, Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s Cullud Wattah opened Off-Broadway, marking only the second fully-staged production to grace one of the stages of the Public Theater since the pandemic emphatically shuttered all … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Don’t let appearances fool you, Eric John Meyer’s THE ANTELOPE PARTY is a timely, menacing allegory

Currently at The Wild Project in the East Village, you’ll be able to catch Dutch Kills Theater Company’s production The Antelope Party by Eric John Meyer. The dark comedy arrives … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jocelyn Bioh’s NOLLYWOOD DREAMS underwhelms despite some beaming performances

Last week, Jocelyn Bioh’s Nollywood Dreams opened Off-Broadway at MCC Theater. The new comedy – which tells the story of an aspiring actress who tries to make it big in … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Checking up on Chicago theater: A potent revival of BUG at the Steppenwolf and the formidable E. Faye Butler in FANNIE at the Goodman

This past weekend, I spent some time in Chicago, a city where – as an arts consumer – I spent some of the most formative years of my adult life. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Wooster Group deconstructs Brecht’s THE MOTHER with playful precision

Over the years, New York has been home to a long list of storied avant-garde theater companies. Arguably, The Wooster Group – with its distinctive multi-media aesthetic and proclivity towards … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – JESSICA VOSK’s eager Carnegie Hall debut was a delirious love-fest

Last Monday, Broadway musical singer/actress Jessica Vosk made her highly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut to an enthusiastic sold out house. Ms. Vosk has taken a circuitous route to stardom, have … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new high school-set musical TREVOR ultimately proves more than the sum of its parts

Last week, the musical Trevor opened at Stage 42. The new musical, which is based on an Oscar-winning short film and features music by Julianne Wick Davis and book and … Continue Reading →