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 – Tony-winner BETTY BUCKLEY returns to Joe’s Pub with an eclectic, exquisitely-arranged set

This week, the legendary Betty Buckley returns to New York with an ambitious slate of six back-to-back shows at Joe’s Pub (I attended the second show on the first night), … 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 →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At The Joyce, PARSONS DANCE premieres new works by Jamar Roberts, Penny Saunders, and David Parsons

Last night, Parsons Dance commenced its annual two-week New York season at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea. This year, the company unveiled an eclectic trio of premieres — Jamar Roberts’ … 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 →

VIEWPOINTS – Women taking the baton: Marin Alsop conducts John Adams’ EL NIÑO and Jane Glover leads the NY PHILHARMONIC

This past week over at Lincoln Center, I was able to catch a pair of accomplished women conductors take the baton at two flagship performing arts institutions. See below for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Documentary theater at its best: The National Theatre’s sobering production of GRENFELL at St. Ann’s Warehouse

Last night, I ventured out to St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn to catch Grenfell: In the Words of Survivors by Gillian Slovo. First presented across the pond at London’s highly … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rachel McAdams is luminous in the Broadway edition of Amy Herzog’s quietly harrowing play MARY JANE

This week, I was able to catch up with the Broadway edition of Mary Jane by Amy Herzog. Presented by Manhattan Theatre Club at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater, the deeply human … Continue Reading →