THE HANGOVER REPORT – The 1491s’ inter-generational Native American saga BETWEEN TWO KNEES wears down its audience into submission

Last night, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Yale Repertory Theatre’s co-production of Between Two Knees (in association with McCarter Theater and Seattle Rep) opened Off-Broadway at the Perelman Performing Arts Center. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Eddie Izzard feels her way through a solo HAMLET, resulting in a strangely muted rendition of the play

Last night, Eddie Izzard’s ambitious and highly anticipated solo rendition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet opened Off-Broadway at the Greenwich House Theater. The show arrives in New York on the heels of her … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sean Daniels’ candidly autobiographical THE WHITE CHIP returns to New York for an encore run

This weekend at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space in Hell’s Kitchen, I had the opportunity to catch up with Sean Daniels’ candidly autobiographical The White Chip, which returns … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Irish Rep’s carefully calibrated staging of Brian Friel’s ARISTOCRATS illuminates the Chekhov-inspired play

Last night, I ventured down to Chelsea to catch Irish Repertory Theatre’s Off-Broadway revival of Brian Friel’s 1979 play Aristocrats. The production marks the second installment of The Friel Project, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – No holds barred: Cole Escolar takes no prisoners as Mary Todd Lincoln in the instant classic OH, MARY!

Last night, Cole Escola’s new play Oh, Mary! opened Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in a blaze of hilarity. The play — an instant classic — is in essence a deeply … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sarah Gancher’s RUSSIAN TROLL FARM takes on a different cadence onstage and at our current juncture

Last night, Sarah Gancher’s Russian Troll Farm: A Workplace Comedy opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre (in a co-production with Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center). It’s not the first time for … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Matt Ray’s gargantuan score shines in BARK OF MILLIONS, the latest of Taylor Mac’s sprawling creations

Last night at the BAM Harvey Theater, I had the great pleasure of basking in the queer paradise that is Bark of Millions, the latest in Taylor Mac’s line of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In THE FOLLOWING EVENING, 600 Highwaymen and Talking Band contemplate the ephemerality of theater (and life itself)

Last night, 600 Highwaymen and Talking Band’s co-production of The Following Evening opened at one of the latest additions to New York’s robust collection of performing arts venues — the … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Going to emotional extremities at SoHo Playhouse’s INTERNATIONAL FRINGE ENCORE SERIES

Over the past week or so, I took in a pair of shows at SoHo Playhouse‘s International Fringe Encore Series, a welcome opportunity for New Yorkers to bask in the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nowhere to hide: Director Jack Serio brings intense intimacy to Ruby Thomas’s THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Over the course of the last year or so, director Jack Serio has been quietly making a splash with auteur-like productions like his atmospheric staging of Rita Kalnejais’s This Beautiful Future and, … Continue Reading →