THE HANGOVER REPORT – Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES: Gauging culpability through photographs

Pictures are worth a thousand words. These famous words of wisdom have been taken to heart with gusto by Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich in their new play Here There … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks kicks off with USUS, T. Adamson’s caustic riff on religious devotion

Over the years, Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks has become an ideal incubator of playwrights, attracting some of the city’s most exciting actors, designers, and directors to support up-and-coming theatrical voices. More … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – A pair of beguiling original musicals open Off-Broadway: Dave Malloy’s THREE HOUSES and Zoe Sarnak’s THE LONELY FEW

Last night, a pair of beguiling new musicals opened Off-Broadway, both of which distinguish themselves for being completely original (i.e., not based on pre-existing books, films, albums, etc.). As per … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – THE TWENTY-SIDED TAVERN exuberantly brings the D&D gaming experience to the stage, to the delight of non-traditional audiences

One of the more fascinating ventures in commercial theater this spring is Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern, which recently opened Off-Broadway at Stage 42. In essence, the production attempts to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – History made fun: Out of the Forest’s BORIS III irreverently illuminates a little known episode in WWII’s web of events

New York theatergoers know that spring is well underway when 59E59 Theaters’s Brits Off-Broadway festival starts churning out performances. One of the centerpieces of this year’s crop of Fringe offerings … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sassy and tender, Laura Winters’ surprisingly pointed ALL OF ME is a tale of boy meets girl, with a twist

This spring, The New Group is presenting the New York premiere of Laura Winter’s new play All of Me at Off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center. First seen at Barrington Stage … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – All’s not well in Illyria: Axis Theatre puts on an elegantly truncated, unsettled TWELFTH NIGHT

Cozily tucked in an intimate basement-level performance space in the West Village, you’ll find a terrific Off-Broadway theater company known as Axis Theatre Company, a scrappy institution which over the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maia Novi navigates multiple realities in her hallucinatory, hyperactive new play INVASIVE SPECIES

Last night, Maia Novi’s Invasive Species opened Off-Broadway at The Vineyard’s Dimson Theatre (the presentation is a commercial rental and is not to be confused for a Vineyard Theatre production). … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Addressing modern day anxieties: Abe Koogler’s STAFF MEAL and S. Asher Gelman’s SCARLETT DREAMS

Currently Off-Broadway, you’ll be able to catch a pair of world premiere plays that, in their respective ways, deal with modern day anxieties. Here is my assessment on these new … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Led by Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, London’s hotly anticipated CABARET descends on Broadway, mis-judged

It’s fascinating to gauge how much of a delicate balance live theater can be. For example, take the current Broadway of revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s classic musical Cabaret (which … Continue Reading →