THE HANGOVER REPORT – Distilled Chekhov in Spanish: Guillermo Cacace’s intimate GAVIOTA gets to the heart of “The Seagull”
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- November 20, 2024
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Last night at the flexible BAM Fisher space, I attended Gaviota, one of the offerings of this fall’s Next Wave Festival, courtesy of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Conceived and … Continue Reading →
VIEWPOINTS – Musing the legacy and enduring popularity of Elevator Repair Service’s legendary production of GATZ
- By drediman
- November 19, 2024
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This fall at the Public Theater, Elevator Repair Service has remounted its storied staging of Gatz — allegedly for the final time before retiring the legendary production. I had seen the … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kirill Petrenko leads the BERLIN PHILHARMONIC in an indisputably masterful reading of Bruckner’s Fifth
- By drediman
- November 19, 2024
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On Monday night, I had the great pleasure of catching the mighty Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. Led by the Philharmonic’s music director — Russian-Austrian conductor Kirill Petrenko — the … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenneth Branagh leads a lucid, traditional production of Shakespeare’s newly relevant KING LEAR
- By drediman
- November 18, 2024
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This past week saw another high profile opening — the much anticipated production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear headlined by stage and film star Kenneth Branagh at The Shed. Rob … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – The new musical TAMMY FAYE arrives on Broadway eager to please but provides little illumination and point of view
- By drediman
- November 18, 2024
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Last week, the new musical Tammy Faye opened on the Great White Way at the gorgeously refurbished Palace Theatre (in the process of getting its much needed facelift, the landmark … Continue Reading →
VIEWPOINTS – Finding musical escapism Off-Broadway: MAMA I’M A BIG GIRL NOW and KAFKAESQUE!
- By drediman
- November 16, 2024
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To further get my mind off of recent events, I’ve turned to musical theater (among other things) to find escape. In this pursuit, I came across two Off-Broadway offerings that … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Next Wave 2024 continues with Tiago Rodrigues’s provocative CATARINA AND THE BEAUTY OF KILLING FASCISTS
- By drediman
- November 14, 2024
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Last night at BAM Harvey Theater, I attended the opening performance of Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists, the latest offering of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2024 edition of its … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – The beguiling, refreshing new musical MAYBE HAPPY ENDING examines love through the eyes of robots
- By drediman
- November 13, 2024
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Once in a while, a musical comes along that breaks the mold of the tried and true and thoroughly captures the imagination. This week, an unlikely new Broadway musical has … Continue Reading →
THE HANGOVER REPORT – Heléne Yorke and Michael Zegen navigate the spiky terrain of modern dating in STRATEGIC LOVE PLAY
- By drediman
- November 12, 2024
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Also last night, Strategic Love Play by Miriam Battye (perhaps best known for lending her writing talents to hit television shows like Succession) opened Off-Broadway at the Minetta Lane Theater, … Continue Reading →