THE HANGOVER REPORT – Into the woods with reid tang’s ISABEL, a surreal dive into the unsettling world gender fluidity

Last night, reid tang’s new play Isabel opened literally on the stage of the Playhouse of Abrons Arts Center in the Lower East Side. A co-presentation by National Asian American … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – ABT launches its summer season with the welcome return of John Cranko’s reliably dramatic ONEGIN

This week, American Ballet Theatre launched its month-long summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center with the welcome return of John Cranko’s Onegin. First staged in 1965 for … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Brits Off-Broadway continues at 59E59 Theaters with a pair of solo shows: Emily Woof in BLIZZARD and Tim Marriott in WATSON

The past few weeks have seen the Brits Off Broadway festival in full swing at 59E59 Theaters. Here are my thoughts on two recent solo shows to grace the stages … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paper Mill Playhouse serves up a crowd-pleasing revival of the popular BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL

I also recently had the opportunity to take a field trip out to Millburn, NJ to catch Paper Mill Playhouse’s revival of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The popular jukebox … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Under Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the MET ORCHESTRA shows off its range in an operatic program of unsettled love

This past weekend, the mighty orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera returned to Carnegie Hall to perform an off-season concert informed by a trio of distinctive operas with overarching themes of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Raja Feather Kelly’s THE FIRES pungently, poetically excavates the burden Black queerness and the devastation of love

This past week, I had the opportunity to catch up with Raja Feather Kelly’s The Fires by Raja Feather Kelly, courtesy of Off-Broadway’s small but mighty Soho Rep, which over … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the wobbly, forcefully-acted THE WELKIN, Lucy Kirkwood explores justice and power vis-à-vis housekeeping women

Last night, Atlantic Theater Company’s production of The Welkin by Lucy Kirkwood — a British playwright perhaps best known for penning such well-received plays as Chimerica and The Children — opened Off-Broadway at the Linda Gross … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maury Yeston’s stirring score rightfully takes center stage in the sublime Encores! revival of TITANIC

Wrapping up the fantastic 30th anniversary season of the Encores! series (which began buoyantly with an inspired production of Once Upon a Mattress starring beloved stage and screen star Sutton … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Insightful and invigorating nights of contemporary dance at The Joyce: OONA DOHERTY and INTRODANS

In back-to-back weeks, The Joyce Theater in Chelsea has had the opportunity of hosting a pair of exciting European dance companies. As always, read on for my thoughts. First up … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Summerworks continues with COACH COACH, Bailey Williams’ quirky investigation of female identity in a cut-throat society

Down at The Wild Project in the East Village, Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks series continues with the second of three offerings of its 2025 edition — Coach Coach by Bailey Williams … Continue Reading →