THE HANGOVER REPORT – Benedict Andrews’ contemporary THE CHERRY ORCHARD injects compelling immediacy into the Chekhov classic

This week at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, I had the opportunity to take in the New York premiere of Benedict Andrews’ fresh new adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jessica Hecht delivers a voracious performance in Neena Beber’s prismatic new play A MOTHER

Last night, Neena Beber’s new play A Mother opened at the Baryshnikov Arts Center as part of the performing arts institution’s 20th anniversary season. Conceived by Beber alongside beloved stage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Barrie Kosky’s heightened staging of THE THREEPENNY OPERA brings danger and seduction to the classic

This past weekend, I had the great opportunity to catch the storied Berliner Ensemble’s acclaimed revival of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. Co-presented by the Brooklyn … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Mental wellness and parenting: Joshua Harmon’s WE HAD A WORLD and Max Mondi’s MAYBE TOMORROW

In recent days, I had the chance to take in a pair of dramatic works that deal with mental wellness as it relates to parenting, particularly motherhood. As always, read … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Further re-evaluating the Alice Childress canon: CSC’s powerfully-acted revival of WINE IN THE WILDERNESS

Last night, Classic Stage Company’s beautifully-acted revival of Alice Childress’s Wine in the Wilderness opened Off-Broadway, continuing the much-needed re-evaluation of the pioneering playwright’s long career and extensive body of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MALAISE DANS LA CIVILISATION loosely conjures human nature via whimsical, physical meta-theatrical clowning

This past weekend at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, I had the opportunity to catch one of the final performances of Alix Dufrense and Étienne Lepage’s Malaise Dans La Civilisation. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Danny Brown’s AS TIME GOES BY excavates casual hookup culture amongst urban gays

This week, I had the chance to catch up with Out of the Box Theatrics’ Off-Broadway production of As Time Goes By by Danny Brown. A good way to characterize the new … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – State of the nation plays in the guise of family dramas: Chisa Hutchinson’s AMERIKIN and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ PURPOSE

This week saw the opening of a pair of new and ambitious — albeit tragicomic — family dramas. On the one hand, each operates as an effect comedy of manners … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Turning to itself, The Wooster Group once again methodically reconstructs the past in NAYATT SCHOOL REDUX

The Wooster Group has long been one of the most visible of the longstanding experimental theater troupes in New York. Based out of the Performing Garage — the company’s well-worn … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Hamid Rahmanian’s SONG OF THE NORTH is shadow puppetry as epic as its subject

For two weekends only, the New Victory Theater — New York’s premiere venue to catch high quality, typically thought provoking children’s theater — is presenting Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the … Continue Reading →