THE HANGOVER REPORT – In her glorified cabaret confessional NOBODY CARES, Laura Benanti speaks and sings her truth

Currently over at Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre, you’ll be able to catch Laura Benanti in her theatrical memoir Nobody Cares, which has returned to the West Village venue for an … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In her acclaimed HA HA HA HA HA HA HA, Julia Masli channels her inner extraterrestrial clown-cum-therapist

This past weekend, I was able to catch up with Julia Masli’s Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. A huge hit across the pond both at the Edinburgh Fringe … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Maestro Jaap van Zweden commences his farewell as Music Director of the NY PHILHARMONIC

This week, Maestro Jaap van Zweden commenced his official farewell as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic (he assumed the coveted position just in 2018). Over the course of … Continue Reading →

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 recap of recent contemporary operas: Huang Ruo’s AN AMERICAN SOLDIER at PAC NYC and reassessing Kevin Puts’s THE HOURS at The Met

Over the past week or so, I had the opportunity to take in two notable contemporary opera productions, the New York premiere of Huang Ruo’s An American Soldier at the … 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 – In Sutton Lee Seymour’s savvily conceived BROADWAY BARBIE, the seasoned drag queen continues to mine the musical theater songbook

This past weekend at The Green Room 42, I had the opportunity to catch the final night — at least here in New York — of Sutton Lee Seymour’s latest … 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 →