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 – 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 – From personal to universal: The Bengsons meditate on grief and death in THE KEEP GOING SONGS

Over the past few years, the singer/songwriter duo of Abigail and Shaun Bengson — together known simply as the Bengsons — have become a quiet theatrical force, particularly in the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Sting “dansical” import MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE uses street dance to convey the refugee experience, to mixed results

This past weekend, I had the chance to take in the new jukebox “dansical” Message in a Bottle by dance theater maker Kate Prince (who is the Artistic Director of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The singular Taylor Mac stars in a spirited revival of Sarah Ruhl’s stage version of ORLANDO, putting the focus on queerness

Just like its title character, Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando has withstood the test of time. Beginning as a sort of literary oddity, the piece has proved to be ahead … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ife Olujobi’s unpinnable new play JORDANS explodes racial and gender politics at the workplace

Currently at the Public Theater, you’ll find the debut of Ife Olujobi’s Jordans. Set in a fancy rentable New York studio, the unpinnable new play tells the story of two … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Wooster Group channels Richard Foreman in its relentlessly surreal revival of SYMPHONY OF RATS

Over at the Performing Garage in Soho, fans of experimental theater will be excited to find currently running the Wooster Group’s revival of Richard Foreman’s relentlessly surreal play Symphony of Rats. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Majkin Holmquist’s STARGAZERS: A haunting new play whose parts are more than their sum

One of the pleasures of seeing the works of relatively unknown playwrights is catching them on their ascent. One of those talents is Makin Holmquist, whose world premiere play Stargazers can currently … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Giving agency to Lady M in MACBETH (AN UNDOING), Zinnie Harris’s feminist spin on “The Scottish Play”

Over at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood, you’ll find Theatre for a New Audience’s presentation of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production of Macbeth (An Undoing) … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Suzan-Lori Parks’ conflicted new play SALLY & TOM doubles as historical and backstage drama

The opportunity to take in a new Suzan-Lori Parks play is always an occasion to savor. Over the years, the playwright’s fertile imagination has invariably led to thought-provoking nights at … Continue Reading →