THE HANGOVER REPORT – More than two decades onwards, Heggie and McNally’s DEAD MAN WALKING arrives at the Met in a new, clear-eyed staging

This week, I was also able to catch up with the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Dead Man Walking, American composer Jake Heggie and the late playwright Terrence McNally’s opera adaptation … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Basking in Black joy and rage via rip-roaring satire: Ossie Davis’s PURLIE VICTORIOUS returns to Broadway

Earlier this week at the Music Box Theatre, I had the chance to catch up with the Broadway revival of Ossie Davis’s Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Observing Western classics through specifically feminist lenses: Jeremy Tiang’s SALESMAN之死 and Caitlin George’s HELEN.

Opening last night were a pair of new Off-Broadway plays, both of which happen to investigate Western classic through specifically feminist lenses – to fascinating (albeit at times uneven) results. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Superb specimens of downtown theater this fall: Dmitry Krymov’s BIG TRIP at La MaMa and Max Wolf Friedlich’s JOB at SoHo Playhouse

This autumn, I had the great pleasure taking in superb specimens of downtown theater that had me reeling with their exceptional quality. Here are my thoughts on them. BIG TRIPLa … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In her exceptional NY PHILHARMONIC debut, conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla firmly leads a program comprised of Schumann, Sibelius, and Šerkšnytė

This past week at the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla made an exceptional debut conducting the New York Philharmonic. Before stepping onto the podium to commence … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The unpinnable and fascinating Arca holds court as only she can in MUTANT;DESTRUDO at the Park Avenue Armory

Last night, I found myself at the Park Avenue Armory to take in Arca perform her latest work Mutant;Destrudo. Commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory, the piece straddles both pop … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Director Garry Hynes’ DRUIDO’CASEY brings searing authenticity and muscular poetry to Sean O’Casey’s Dublin Trilogy

Over the past decade or so, director Garry Hynes — the first woman in 1998 to win the Tony Award for Direction for her staging of Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the immersive and stylized (PRAY), nicHi douglas empowers Black women to preach their own truths

Last night, Ars Nova and National Black Theatre’s co-production of (pray) opened Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House Theatre. The brainchild of nicHi douglas, the immersive work – self-described as a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Off-Broadway’s DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS is a rambunctiously campy send-up of Bram Stoker’s original

Over at New World Stages, you’ll find the Off-Broadway production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, which arrives in New York just in time for the Halloween season. Written by … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Jocelyn Bioh’s exuberant JAJA’S AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING is a blast of feel goodness, until it’s not

This week, Manhattan Theatre Club’s production of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding by Joscelyn Bioh opened on the Great White Way at The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The production marks the … Continue Reading →