THE HANGOVER REPORT – An assessment of NEW YORK CITY BALLET’s landmark all-women choreographers program

One of the more intriguing programs in the latter portion of New York City Ballet’s fall season — which concluded last weekend — was the Contemporary Choreographers program that was … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Kenny Leon’s brisk and unsentimental production of OUR TOWN is only occasionally revelatory

This past weekend, I also had the opportunity to attend the current Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s timeless and evergreen play Our Town at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Segmented into … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Meghan Kennedy’s gently provoking THE COUNTER compassionately embraces its bruised souls

This past weekend at the Laura Pels Theatre, I caught up with Roundabout Theatre Company’s Off-Broadway production of The Counter by Meghan Kennedy (the playwright who penned the plays Too … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – David Finnigan’s stealthily unassuming DEEP HISTORY looks to the past to decipher humanity’s fate amidst climate change

Currently at the Public Theater, you’ll be able to catch David Finnigan’s one man show Deep History. Originally written and performed by Finnigan in 2019 as a wake up call … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In the wonderfully immersive THE WIND AND THE RAIN, Hurricane Sandy unleashes ghosts of the past

Last night, I ventured out to Red Hook, I’m sorry to admit, for the first time (I even took the NYC Ferry there, another first!) to catch Vineyard Theatre and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Botis Seva’s hallucinatory BLKDOG arrives at The Joyce, engulfed in vulnerability and fury

Last night, I attended the opening performance of Botis Seva’s Olivier Award-winning BLKDOG at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea. Performed by the London-based dance company Far from the Norm — … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – No one puts baby in the corner: Feminism writ large in BLOOD OF THE LAMB and MEDEA RE-VERSED

Over the past week, I had the chance to catch a pair of impassioned if flawed Off-Broadway productions that depicted strong women dealing with having their rights aggressively stripped from … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Go big or go home: The musical parodies THE BIG GAY JAMBOREE and GHOST OF JOHN MCCAIN swing big to varying success

This fall, a pair of Off-Broadway musical parodies are swinging big to lure in audiences. Read on for my thoughts on these larger-than-life productions. THE BIG GAY JAMBOREEOrpheum TheatreOpen run … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ayad Akhtar’s new play MCNEAL is a head-spinning if uneven vehicle for film star Robert Downey, Jr.

Last week, Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Ayad Akhtar’s highly anticipated new play McNeal opened on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Akhtar is perhaps best known for having written … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Processing life through song: Todd Almond’s I’M ALMOST THERE and Gabriel Kahane’s MAGNIFICENT BIRD / BOOK OF TRAVELERS

This fall, a pair of sensitive singer-songwriters — Todd Almond and Gabriel Kahane — have taken to the Off-Broadway stage, each armed with their own beguiling song cycle(s). Read on … Continue Reading →